The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde has said that the agency had successfully stamped out corruption with its use of biometrics data.

Ojerinde stated this while speaking at the 11th ICPC Good Governance Forum with the theme; “Good Governance, Accountability and Transformation: The JAMB Experience”, held in Abuja.

Ojerinde, stated that they have succeeded in blocking all avenues upon which examination malpractices thrive, he however, noted that there was need for school authorities of various institutions to carry out the last check on their prospective applicants, who seek admission in their schools.

The JAMB registrar said: “The candidates do not have access to this manual. It is sent only to the schools. Admission letters presented by candidates are verified using this manual before the candidate is registered in the school. But some schools do not use this manual for whatever reason; and that is where we will need the help of the ICPC,” he said.

Ojerinde noted that in the past, everybody with the institution contributed to examination malpractice and leakage of question papers, from the secretariat staff to cleaners, computer operators, clerical staff, messengers, schedule officers, typists, proof readers, editors and scanner operators.

However, he maintained that the new system had shut all the officers out of the process, including him; leaving the process to a select few officers who are isolated for the period of preparing the questions and writing the exams.

“During this period, they do not have access to their phones for 38 days, they do not have access to their families and the outside world but they are well taken care of”, Ojerinde said.

Ojerinde on the short time frame for marking explained that the examination body had 26 scanners; one of which works on 15,000 scripts per day running three shifts.

The 26 machines works on 390,000 scripts altogether in a day, hence, the ability to produce the results within minimum time frame. “Releasing results in very short time reduces the possibility of manipulation”, he said.