The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that 149 candidates were caught engaging in various forms of examination malpractice during the just-concluded 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
States on the Initial Malpractice List
In the list published by the Board showing candidates and the states where they sat for the exam, three South-East states recorded the highest figures:
- Imo State: 26 candidates
- Anambra State: 12 candidates
- Enugu State: 12 candidates
Other states featured on the list include Abia, Adamawa, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, and Osun.
Common Infractions Recorded
The indicted candidates were arrested for offences including:
- Examination by proxy (impersonation)
- Attempt to cheat and tampering with examination documents
- Forceful entrance into examination halls
- Smuggling mobile phones and electronic devices into CBT centres
Despite these arrests, JAMB noted that overall examination malpractice dropped noticeably in the 2020 UTME compared to previous years due to stricter biometric verification protocols.
Published by Mentra Academic Research
Every study guide, syllabus analysis, and timing breakdown is cross-checked against official examination criteria (JAMB UTME, POST-UTME, and WAEC) by subject matter specialists.
