Immediate past Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has revealed his most painful experience at JAMB.

According to Oloyede, the involvement of parents in examination malpractice as the most painful experience of his 10-year tenure at the board.

Oloyede made the remark on Sunday during the THISDAY Live programme on Arise Television, shortly after handing over to his successor, Prof. Segun Aina.

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He officially transferred the leadership of JAMB to Aina on Friday, following the completion of his second five-year term as registrar.

President Bola Tinubu had in May appointed Aina, a professor of Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as the sixth substantive registrar of JAMB.

Reflecting on his years in office, Oloyede said he was often saddened by the active role some parents played in arranging examination malpractice for their children and wards.

According to him, candidates are not the main drivers of malpractice, arguing that many are influenced by their parents.

“The most painful period of my experience in JAMB has to do with the level of involvement of parents in the organisation of examination malpractice,” he said.

“They are introducing their wards and children to the world of crime. I think most of the candidates are not problematic. They are not the problem. The problem is the parents.

“Every time I was confronted with the reality of what parents are doing, most of the time, I became very emotional about it.

“Most of the time, I feel that how on earth will people hate themselves and their futures to this level. Even if you have deficiency, you won’t want to pass the deficiency to the next generation.”

Describing his tenure as largely fulfilling, Oloyede said confronting parents over examination malpractice remained the lowest point of his administration.

“For me, it was a fine period. The only lowest period was when I confronted parents over involvement in the planning and introduction of their children and wards into crime through examination malpractice,” he added.

Oloyede also expressed confidence in his successor, saying Aina’s background in computer engineering would help JAMB make greater use of technology in the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).