Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, says six Computer Based Test centres have been sanctioned for engaging in blank registration.
The Registrar of the examination body, however, did not give the location or details of the CBT centres that were sanctioned.
Oloyede disclosed this on Monday in Ilorin while speaking with newsmen during a tour of some CBT Centres in Kwara State.
He said that the six affected centres were engaging in blank registration in preparation for examination malpractices.
He said: “We identified six CBT centres engaged in blank registration shortly after we began the online JAMB registration.
“So we sanctioned them and put them on suspension for this week.
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“We called them into a meeting where they all apologised for what they did.
“Initially, we wanted to give them two weeks suspension, but realised that the candidates will suffer more instead of the CBT centres.
“JAMB decided to identify the staff of the institutions that committed the offence and blacklist them.
“Those blacklisted will never, at any time, be involved in JAMB activities, either at CBT centres or when they become lecturers or vice-chancellors.
“This means that the six people who did the act are under punishment directly because all their details have been known and put down in the black list.”
According to Oloyede, when someone works at a CBT centre, such a person should be conscious of his doings.
“Once a student is involved in malpractice during examination organised by any of the examination bodies, such a person is no longer in good standing with JAMB.”
The Registrar, however, thanked the JAMB staff, CBT centres, those on the field, and security operatives for doing excellently well.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that five CBT centres visited in Ilorin are: Kwara College of Education; Al-Hikma University; Socrates College; University of Ilorin; and Matrix CBT Centre.
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