The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it recorded only 40 cases of malpractices in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as against the over 4,000 recorded in previous year. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ish-aq Oloyede, who made this known during an oversight visit to the Board by the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education in Abuja, said some security personnel were also arrested for abetting malpractices in the exam. Oloyede who presented the 2020 budget performance of the Board to the Committee, said the introduction of National Identification Number (NIN) in UTME registration successfully improved the integrity of the examination as well as curtailed malpractices. Track up The JAMB boss further used the opportunity to react on insinuation of poor performance by candidates in this year’s UTME. Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on basic and secondary education, Akon Eyakenyi, who led the team to JAMB, assured of support in amendment of relevant session in the act establishing the board for better performance. The Committee further expressed delight and satisfaction with the the Board performance especially in the area of expenditure and seamless conduct of UTME.
