Nigerian University Develop Fraud-Detecting Device

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in collaboration with six other Nigerian universities have developed a fraud-detecting device to check academic fraud. The anti-plagiarism software is designed in collaboration with other universities which include Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin; Covenant University, Ota; Delta State University Abraka, Benue State University Makurdi, University of Jos and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife. The school in it Bulletin issued on Monday said the software programme development was at the instance of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU). It said the AVCNU had mandated its Information and Communication Technology Sub-committee, chair, and the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, to assemble IT team from Nigerian universities to develop the home-grown anti-plagiarism software with the local repository. The Director, Computer Services and Information Technology, Directorate of the University of Ilorin, Professor Mohammed Ahmed, said the software has reached 80 per cent stage of completion. He explained that the software has both local and global repository with features such as peer review, document comparison, and grammar checker. He said, “Other features are language support and title validation, with the name EAGLE SCAN being proposed for the programme.” Ahmed said when operational, the anti-plagiarism application, would be made available to all Nigerian universities. He also noted that plagiarism is a criminal offence and this has given the AVCNU concern, adding that the development of the programme is in the effort to ensure quality control towards quality assurance in the Nigeria education system.

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