Nigeria’s exams and admissions procedures currently operate at such a scale that a single technical breakdown might quickly become a national legitimacy issue. With over 2.2 million applicants processed through about 966 CBT centers in the 2026 UTME cycle, and admissions routed through JAMB’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) platform, security is no longer just a back-office IT issue; it is a matter of educational equity, public trust, and administrative law.
JAMB’s 2026 disclosure of unauthorised remote access during the UTME in Warri, Delta State demonstrated exactly how insufficient access control, unvetted third-party integration, and lack of real-time monitoring can harm not only individual results but also confidence in the entire admissions pipeline.
A national examination system’s credibility depends on its capacity to demonstrate who took the test, who altered the record, and who had the right to access the data. That is the actual integrity issue with Nigeria’s computer-based
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