Minister directs JAMB, WAEC, NECO, others to blacklist centres, candidates found guilty of exam malpractices

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Examinations Council (NECO), and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) to blacklist Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres and candidates found guilty of examination malpractices

The minister’s directive, said to be his response to the mind-boggling sharp practices that trailed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), was contained in his letter, dated May 27, 2025, to JAMB and other examination bodies.

Alausa particularly said any school or CBT centre involved in examination malpractice or acting as a miracle centre be derecognised for a number of years that will be determined by the examination body.

He said, “If any school/CBT centre is derecognised by any examination body, other sister examination bodies should follow suit and derecognise the same school/CBT centre for the same number of years to run concurrently. This will send a very strong signal to operators of these miracle centres.

“The student(s) involved in examination malpractice should be barred from sitting for any external examinations in Nigeria, such as those conducted by WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, etc., for three years using the instrumentality of NIN. Such a stringent measure will serve as a deterrent to other students and parents.”

He explained that his action was backed by the extant law, especially Section 16(2) of the Examination Matpractices Act.

The Act, he highlighted, states that: “An examination body may, in the exercise of its powers under this section, circulate the name of an offending candidate, supervisor, invigilator, official, school, or examination centre to other examination bodies, which may impose similar punishment.”

Recall that JAMB had, while releasing the 2025 UTME resit results, claimed to have recorded what it referred to as “advanced malpractices“.

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