{"id":13647,"date":"2025-09-10T14:07:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/examination-fraud-nigerian-education-sector-in-trouble-epelle\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:07:52","slug":"examination-fraud-nigerian-education-sector-in-trouble-epelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/examination-fraud-nigerian-education-sector-in-trouble-epelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jake-Epelle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle\" title=\"Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle\" \/><\/div><p>Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle, <!-- no image -->,  <\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB\u2019s Special Committee on Examination Infractions, Jake Epelle, has said that the Nigerian education sector is in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Ekpelle stated this while responding to questions in an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to examination fraud uncovered by JAMB.<\/p>\n<p>JAMB uncovered 4,251 cases of \u201cfinger blending\u201d and 190 instances of AI-assisted impersonation through image morphing during investigations into the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.<\/p>\n<p>Epelle cautioned that unless urgent reforms were implemented, the credibility of Nigeria\u2019s education system could collapse further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dExam fraud uncovered by JAMB shows that Nigeria\u2019s education sector is in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf left unchecked, examination malpractice will continue to erode merit, undermine public trust, and destroy the very foundation of Nigeria\u2019s education and human capital development,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2025\/09\/10\/examination-fraud-nigerian-education-sector-in-trouble-epelle\/\">Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>, Education &#8211; Daily Post Nigeria, September 10, 2025, 2:07 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Examination Fraud: Nigerian education sector in trouble \u2013 Epelle, , Chairman of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB\u2019s Special Committee on Examination Infractions, Jake Epelle, has said that the Nigerian education sector is in trouble. 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