The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) Special Committee on Examination Infractions (SCEI) has recommended a three-year ban, prosecution and result cancellation for candidates and collaborators involved in examination malpractice.
The recommendations followed investigations into widespread high-tech fraud uncovered during the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The SCEI, inaugurated on August 18, 2025, submitted its report to JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on September 8.
Chairman of the committee, Dr Jake Epelle, said the measures aim to restore integrity to Nigeria’s admission system. He revealed that the committee documented 4,251 cases of “finger blending,” 190 cases of AI-assisted image morphing, 1,878 false declarations of albinism, and numerous incidents of credential forgery, multiple NIN registrations, and solicitation schemes.
Epelle stressed that malpractice was not limited to candidates but also involved syndicates of parents, tutorial operators, schools, CBT centres, and technical accomplices.
The committee proposed stricter frameworks, including AI-powered biometric anomaly detection, dual-verification systems, real-time monitoring, and the establishment of a National Examination Security Operations Centre. It also urged reforms to the JAMB Act and Examination Malpractice Act to cover biometric and digital fraud.
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