Parents are behind exam malpractice, not students — Oloyede

Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has blamed parents for driving examination malpractice in Nigeria, saying they play a greater role in encouraging the practice than the candidates themselves.
Speaking during an interview on ThisDay Live on Sunday, Oloyede described parents’ involvement in examination fraud as the most painful aspect of his decade-long tenure as JAMB registrar.
According to him, many parents deliberately expose their children to dishonest practices in a bid to secure admission into tertiary institutions.
“The most painful period of my experience in JAMB had to do with the level of involvement of parents i...