The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede was a guest on Ray
Power fm’s political and current affairs programme,
‘Political Platform’ where he answered and discussed a
wide range of questions.
Speaking on the tendency of candidates to cheat
despite reforms he has championed to curtail such, he
explained :
“Even when JAMB sets-up rogue centres (to catch
cheats), you find that it is these same poor people that
you are fighting for, that pay N200,000 and we
disqualify such students.”
The professor lamented the way parents facilitate
cheating especially “mothers in particular (that are)
determined to make graduates of their children at all
cost”.
He expressed displeasure at the sensationalism
attached to the Snake swallowing N36 million story
which he explained is purely criminal and should be
treated as such.
The JAMB Registrar also explained that the board is
now checking accounts of fraudsters promising
‘miracle centres’ to identify candidates that have paid
into those accounts to circumvent the exam process
stating that; “we are now disqualifying such
candidates”.
He also criticized journalists for not asking poignant
questions at important times such as when some
dubious officials were selling JAMB scratch card for up
to N12,000 instead of N5,200 before he got appointed
to the board. Responding to some of his critics who
had complained about the billions he returned to
government as against previous administrations at the
board, he retorted: “I don’t know what they want me to
do with government money”.
The major takeaway from this interview has to be that
candidates need to prepare and try to pass JAMB
examination without cheating because the board is
serious about disqualifying cheats who are also liable
for criminal prosecution.
Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede was a guest on Ray
Power fm’s political and current affairs programme,
‘Political Platform’ where he answered and discussed a
wide range of questions.
Speaking on the tendency of candidates to cheat
despite reforms he has championed to curtail such, he
explained :
“Even when JAMB sets-up rogue centres (to catch
cheats), you find that it is these same poor people that
you are fighting for, that pay N200,000 and we
disqualify such students.”
The professor lamented the way parents facilitate
cheating especially “mothers in particular (that are)
determined to make graduates of their children at all
cost”.
He expressed displeasure at the sensationalism
attached to the Snake swallowing N36 million story
which he explained is purely criminal and should be
treated as such.
The JAMB Registrar also explained that the board is
now checking accounts of fraudsters promising
‘miracle centres’ to identify candidates that have paid
into those accounts to circumvent the exam process
stating that; “we are now disqualifying such
candidates”.
He also criticized journalists for not asking poignant
questions at important times such as when some
dubious officials were selling JAMB scratch card for up
to N12,000 instead of N5,200 before he got appointed
to the board. Responding to some of his critics who
had complained about the billions he returned to
government as against previous administrations at the
board, he retorted: “I don’t know what they want me to
do with government money”.
The major takeaway from this interview has to be that
candidates need to prepare and try to pass JAMB
examination without cheating because the board is
serious about disqualifying cheats who are also liable
for criminal prosecution.
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