The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has refuted the claim in some quarters that its database suffered leakages due to the activities of suspected hackers infiltrating its system.

The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, told newsmen on Monday during an interactive session in Benin City that although the examination body had recorded several attempts by some individuals to divulge questions prepared for candidates in the Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination over the years, such attempts had been in vain.

He said, “As far as JAMB is concerned, I have not found any case of a breakthrough. No matter how clever they think they are, we are ahead of them.

“One of the reasons why I led a delegation here myself is to see whether there is any evidence of a breakthrough. You can ask any of the security agencies handling the matter; it will tell you.

“We have not been able to find one case of success. What we are treating are attempts and it is because we are proactive that we are picking their attempts.

“When people try to break into our BVN, they did not get any questions because our questions were not there. They were able to break into a decoy that we created and they were not able to do anything.”

He said, “We keep promising them (hackers) that if they can get us one question of ours that is genuine, we will pay them a lot of money. Once an attempt is made, we will not treat it as just an attempt. We shall go after them and ensure they are arrested.”

Speaking on the board’s partnership with security agencies in the recruitment of personnel, Oloyede faulted claims that JAMB had become a money-spinner for the Federal Government.

“I was not there. So, I am not in a position to tell you what they did with the funds. What I know is that the government gave me an assignment. I have completed the assignment and the surplus must be returned to the owner.


“Some persons are asking questions: Are we a money-generating agency? Must we go and steal the money simply because the money was there? Sometimes, I do not understand the logic of some people. They prefer that the money is generated and wasted,” he added.

SOURCE: http://dailyschoolgist.com.ng/jamb-reveals-hackers-try-leak-utme-questions

JAMB is actually useless to the educational system. There should be a way of easing into college directly after high school. Either through direct applications to the colleges or via scholarship. Every thing for Nigeria na muscle. Too hard to do any thing in this country.

Oloyede is a Don...Ask Unilorin if u doubt me

Weldon.....

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mtcheeeew.... una strong reach banks

Nonsense! A country where nothing works. Corrupt system, killing people's dreams

Worzky:
D

Worzky:
D

Kelamma:

may God forgive you guys

Probably because the stuff is offline.

ar u threatening hackers.. aw strong iz ur database or firewall.

break into our BVN?

Wetin the "hackers" go gain?

Indeed!

Better scammers never remember them.

What even happened to CAPS? that would have been the best thing that would have happened to the Nigerian educational system.

teebaxy:
Oloyede is a Don...Ask Unilorin if u doubt me

So jamb started getting attempted hacks in oloyede tenure only?

It was not being attempted before in past administrations?


sycophant.

Oloyede was a performer at unilorin. Not suprised. Bt jamb needs to be scrapped , in saner climes ssce/gce is enough for admission

“We keep promising them (hackers) that if they can get us one question of ours that is genuine, we will pay them a lot of money"....Who would fall for the bait?

Na waow, someone told me that nowadays JAMB Examination varied for good three (3) years.

Kelamma:
JAMB is actually useless to the educational system. There should be a way of easing into college directly after high school. Either through direct applications to the colleges or via scholarship. Every thing for Nigeria na muscle. Too hard to do any thing in this country.

When we see people who have failed JAMB repeatedly, we know them through shitty posts like this!

They started with "cancel post-UTME". Now, someone is calling for the cancellation of JAMB. Later you'll call for the abolition of university education in Nigeria.

If you think JAMB is a problem, there are alternative ways to gain admission. And if you still can't cope with those, then tertiary education isn't a must.

Wait are you for real? Direct applications to colleges? Here in Nigeria?

Nice work JAMB

ednut1:
Oloyede was a performer at unilorin. Not suprised. Bt jamb needs to be scrapped , in saner climes ssce/gce is enough for admission

You mean the same SSCE that now involves schools buying results for their students?

webincomeplus:

When we see people who have failed JAMB repeatedly, we know them through shitty posts like this!

They started with "cancel post-UTME". Now, someone is calling for the cancellation of JAMB. Later you'll call for the abolition of university education in Nigeria.

If you think JAMB is a problem, there are alternative ways to gain admission. And if you still can't cope with those, then tertiary education isn't a must.

Wait are you for real? Direct applications to colleges? Here in Nigeria?

My dear,things evolve. Even humans evolved so why can't Nigerian educational system? Jamb has actually done more bad than good if you ask me. People's dreams are been shattered. A lot of change of courses and derailing of career path because of jamb. These are people that if given a chance would impact positively in their intended career. Jamb has actually shown me that some examinations and tests are not really a true test of intellectual capabilities.

AnthonyDgreat:


He said, “We keep promising them (hackers) that if they can get us one question of ours that is genuine, we will pay them a lot of money. Once an attempt is made, we will not treat it as just an attempt. We shall go after them and ensure they are arrested.”

Speaking on the board’s partners

And I was thinking of hacking into their server so I can be rewarded buh they later said any attempts on them will be tracked and the accused will be arrested..
Hw more confused can this pple get??
Anyhow cha.. cum next yr.. questions go plenty

that is serious

webincomeplus:

When we see people who have failed JAMB repeatedly, we know them through shitty posts like this!

They started with "cancel post-UTME". Now, someone is calling for the cancellation of JAMB. Later you'll call for the abolition of university education in Nigeria.

If you think JAMB is a problem, there are alternative ways to gain admission. And if you still can't cope with those, then tertiary education isn't a must.

Wait are you for real? Direct applications to colleges? Here in Nigeria?

Jamb shouldn't be scrapped but post jamb.Jamb is more credible than post utme of most universities

Kelamma:
My dear,things evolve. Even humans evolved so why can't Nigerian educational system? Jamb has actually done more bad than good if you ask me. People's dreams are been shattered. A lot of change of courses and derailing of career path because of jamb. These are people that if given a chance would impact positively in their intended career. Jamb has actually shown me that some examinations and tests are not really a true test of intellectual capabilities.

There must be a criterion for selecting candidates for university admission. Even if universities are granted the autonomous rights to set their own admission modalities, some candidates will not make the cut. So, there will always be shattered dreams in any case.

For instance, if a university can only admit 100 students for law, that is what they will take. Even if there is no JAMB, the University will set criteria to select only 100. Whatever criteria those are, some people's dreams of becoming lawyers will be shattered.

Even if there are no exams involved, other criteria will be used, which will still cut out some people. So, if that's what JAMB has been doing, why clamour for the cancellation?

CSTR1003:

So jamb started getting attempted hacks in oloyede tenure only?

It was not being attempted before in past administrations?


sycophant.

groveler

He said, “We keep promising them (hackers) that if they can get us one question of ours that is genuine, we will pay them a lot of money. Once an attempt is made, we will not treat it as just an attempt. We shall go after them and ensure they are arrested.”

Is jamb stupid u put up a challenge and you also want to arrest them