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National Open University of Nigeria: NOUN partners with DSS to stop exam malpractices

NOUN partners with DSS to stop exam malpractices

The VC of NOUN says the university is working with the Nigerian Police to stop exam malpractices.

Examination malpractice is a serious issue in the Nigerian Education System and the National Open University of Nigeria is taking a serious step to curb it.

The Vice-Chancellor of the  University,  Prof Abdalla Adamu in an interview with the Punch addressed the issue and what NOUN is doing to stop it.

He said, ''some of the examination malpractices are caused by people within the system. We had once identified six of them and they were arrested and dismissed.

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''So long as we deal with Nigerians, there will always be issues of examination malpractices. But we now have a solid network system that makes it almost impossible for anyone to hack into. Nobody even knows where our servers are located. They have tried to hack them in the past. Some people tried to locate the Internet Provider address and there were leakages here and there. But now, we have tried to curtail them.

''We have also involved officials of the Department of State Services and we relate well with them''.

JAMB tackles exam malpractices

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has also made some steps to ensure candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) do not indulge in exam malpractices.

In the 2017  edition of the exams, the exam body banned all candidates from coming to exam centres with any electronic devices and writing materials.

The Board also installed CCTV devices at various CBT centres to tackle examination malpractice.

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