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2025 UTME - JAMB Says Nigeria Students Use AI To Commit Exam Malpractice
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nigeria examination body responsible for
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conducting entry examinations for
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secondary school students to gain
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admission into higher institutions of
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learning in the West Africa country The
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joint admissions and metriculation board
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JAM on Sunday says it recorded a case of
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Nigeria students using artificial
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intelligence AI to indulge in the act of
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examination malpractice specifically
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stating that the Nigeria students used
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AI to enhance photograph but JAM refused
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to give further details on how the AI
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enhanced photo was used to commit the
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examination fraud Jan made this known in
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a statement issued to announce to the
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general public that the UTME rescheduled
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examination for candidates that were
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affected during the main exam due to
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hackers who allegedly caused technical
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problems in some centers students sat
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for the exam In a statement released on
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Sunday and signed by JAM's public
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communication adviser Dr Fabian Benjamin
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The board disclosed that
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21,082 of the
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336,845 candidates scheduled for the
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reset were absent Details of the
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statement as reported by Sahare
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reporters reads below Thus despite the
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turnout shortfall Jan noted that the
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performance trends among candidates who
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took the reset remained within expected
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historical ranges citing success rates
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from 11% in 2013 to 34% in
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2016 Jam said claims that some
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candidates from the cancelled sessions
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scored highly and may wish to retain
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their results are entirely unfounded It
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noted that in reality only a handful of
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candidates scored as high as
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217 while 99% scored below 200
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demonstrating that there were no top
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performers in the canceled sessions
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across the six affected states However
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the release of the results has been
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overshadowed by fresh revelations of
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widespread malpractice involving
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candidates school proprietors and
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computer-based test CBT centers The
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board's chief external examiners CE led
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by professor Olmic Peters vice
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chancellor of the national open
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university of Nigeria noun reviewed the
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reset exercise and brought in
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psychometrics expert professor Bonaface
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in waru to validate the results before
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they were released Several critical
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resolutions were made during a
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nationwide meeting of CES including the
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conditional release of results for
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underage candidates those involved in
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online WhatsApp runs and some of those
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who missed the reset for valid reasons
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JAM explained that underage candidates
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many of whom had earlier acknowledged in
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writing that only those who meet
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academic standards would be considered
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