E- Exams System for Nigerian Universities with Emphasis on Security and Result Integrity
Olawale Adebayo, Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid

TL;DR
This paper analyzes the current electronic examination systems in Nigerian universities, identifies security and integrity challenges, and proposes a new system utilizing encryption and biometric authentication to enhance security and result integrity.
Contribution
The paper develops a new e-exam system that addresses security lapses and integrity issues by integrating data encryption and biometric fingerprint authentication.
Findings
Identified security lapses in existing e-exam systems
Developed a new system with encryption and biometric security measures
Validated the new system's effectiveness in improving security
Abstract
The recent employment and eventual widespread acceptance of electronic test in examining students and various classes in Nigeria has created a significant impact in the trends of educational history in the country. In this paper, we examined the impacts, associated challenges and security lapses of the existing electronic-examination system with the aim of ameliorating and developing a new acceptable e-Exam system that takes care of the existing systems challenges and security lapses. Six Universities that are already conducting e- Examination were selected across the country for this research work. Twenty students that participated in the e-exams and five members of staff were selected for interview and questionnaire. Based on the analysis of the interviews and study of the existing electronic examination system, some anomalies were discovered and a new e-exams system was developed to…
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TopicsAcademic integrity and plagiarism
