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The Federal Government has ordered that any student caught cheating in any national examination will face a three-year ban across all external exam bodies, including JAMB, WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB.

This directive was disclosed in an official circular signed by JAMB’s Public Communications Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, dated May 27, 2025.

The policy forms part of wider measures to reduce examination malpractice and eliminate the influence of miracle centres in Nigeria’s education system.

According to the circular, the directive was issued by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, in line with Sections 5(1)(c)(iv) and 6 of the JAMB Act.

“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,” the board stated.

The federal government believes that this policy will discourage students and parents from engaging in malpractice and restore credibility to the country’s examination system.

Sanctions against miracle centres

The directive also includes strict sanctions against schools and Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres that aid malpractice.

“Any school/CBT centre involved in examination malpractice and/or acting as a miracle centre should be derecognised for a number of years. The duration will be determined by the examination body, ” the board stated
In addition, the circular noted that examination bodies must work together to enforce penalties across the board.

“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 the operators of these miracle centres,” they state.


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JAMB explained that the ministerial directive aligns with Section 16(2) of the Examination Malpractices Act.

This provision empowers examination bodies to withdraw recognition from centres involved in malpractice and share the names of such centres with other examination authorities, enabling coordinated sanctions across different exam bodies.

The three-year ban on students caught cheating will be enforced through the National Identification Number (NIN), which is mandatory for all candidates before they can sit for any national examination.

https://nairametrics.com/2025/05/27/fg-orders-3-year-ban-across-all-external-examinations-bodies-for-candidates-caught-in-malpractice/

And the president want to plunge the country into =N=100trillion debt deficit. the money they make from VAT/Tax isn't enough but to keep borrowing for money to fuel their 2027 ambition. Borrow Borrow make am rich country.

MatrixReloaded:
And the president want to plunge the country into =N=100trillion debt deficit. the money they make from VAT/Tax isn't enough but to keep borrowing for money to fuel their 2027 ambition. Borrow Borrow make am rich country.

Talking ignorantly with pride. Ignorance is bliss.

This should have been done years ago. Miracle centers will be in trouble. Those ones hacking into jamb website to inflate scores should be jailed for life.

...Exam malpractice ain't a good thing but 3 gotham years, omo, that's too much now for a kid..

Hope they will not target innocent students

Odingo1:
Hope they will target innocent students

Like Mmesoma?


-Kiss the truth!

Hehehe.

FG should tell us what will happen to government officials who are corrupt and election riggers first.

If we must fight evil,let it be holistic.

Mind you,am not in of exam malpractice,but let the government lead by example.

Let these students see how upright our government officials and politicians are first and they will stop doing evil too.

It will be a misnomer that the police officer, judge and even the prison officers that will be in charge of cases of the students are all corrupt.

Good idea, how many years ban for political office holder who engage in electoral malpractice and the looters?

In a country where you can easily change your identity; Change your NIN and other official documents, I hope this works

The greatest cheat is the electoral thief!!!

What is the punishment for snatching, grabbing and running away with

how about the officials, schools, and centers involved

MatrixReloaded:
And the president want to plunge the country into =N=100trillion debt deficit. the money they make from VAT/Tax isn't enough but to keep borrowing for money to fuel their 2027 ambition. Borrow Borrow make am rich country.

What has this got to do with the issue here. Are you part of the miracle centre criminals

BTW, they have denied the borrowing news

I no like Tinubu but this is commendable.

The next step is to ensure the integrity of the persecution process. It shouldn't be a tool for political or personal victimisation.

Anyone caught deliberately pointing wrong fingers of accusations must be dealt with.

FG only needs a few scapegoats from each of the geopolitical zones and everybody will FEM!

In my opinion, Nigeria isn't hard to govern. It's just that we have spineless people in government. Unfortunately, they're only spineless when it comes to enforcing laws for the public. But when it comes to witch-hunting their political adversaries, they have spines of vibranium.

Will invigilators report such cases? You guys are just increasing easy money for invigilators alike.

The minister already know that all the stake holders are collaborators in this hydra-headed problem.

You urself already proffered solutions.....CBT with CCTV everywhere.

TimeManager:

Like Mmesoma? Yes like your papa too


-Kiss the truth!

See. Dem no want make students dey go university since space no dey!

Putindbutt:


https://nairametrics.com/2025/05/27/fg-orders-3-year-ban-across-all-external-examinations-bodies-for-candidates-caught-in-malpractice/

They should start with politicians then we will take them serious

Start from APC political office holders and civil servants first.
10 yrs ban politicical office holders and civil servants.

What about election riggers?

What if the boy do changes of names Affidavit and rewrite another exam with new name? Moving forward to write jamb and post jamb, what measure will the government use to detect such student?


Ijoba e ronu

Yet no ban on perpetrators and parties involved in electoral malpractices

Pootle:
how about the officials, schools, and centers involved

I say 30years each.

Then for politicians its Firing Squad

Good. Cheats will feel targeted. Imagine murderers, kidnappers and liars feeling targeted by the law.
The centers punishment should be specific, not flawed by emotion, man know man and money.

Look at who is proposing a 3 year ban on exam malpractice.... A product of election malpractice.

TOPCRUISE:
Yet no ban on perpetrators of electoral malpractices

You can say it again

This country is a big joke, what happened to the politicians that rig elections or the professors that helps them to rig election.

Tinubu does not want anyone to emulated him.

Why not treat the corrupt head first before ordering a clampdown that will not be implemented?