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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have said that the board’s decision not to reverse
the use of biometrics in the conduct of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) is here to stay. This information was contained in JAMB’s weekly
bulletin issued on Sunday in Lagos.
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It noted that the introduction
of the Biometric Verification Machine was an attempt to get rid of various foms
of examination malpractice.
It stated that the BVM was a
security mechanism for the authentification of the identity of candidates as it
provided access to individuals data, based on physiological characteristics,
and this guards against counterfeiting and impersonation.
The board stated the biometic
security was surely a breakthrough, because the fingerprint recognition
technology provides a high level of security as it is impossible to alter data
already captured.
Based on the confidence in this
system, the board says the adoption of biometrics in the conduct of its
examinations is here to stay, and also went ahead to reassure candidates that
their fingerprints would not be used for any other purpose except
identification.
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