The University of Ilorin in collaboration with
six other Nigerian universities have developed
home-grown anti-plagiarism software,
designed to check academic fraud.
According to the University Bulletin issued on
Monday, the other universities are Al-Hikmah
University, Ilorin and Covenant University,
Ota.
Others are Delta State University, Abraka;
Benue State University, Makurdi;
University of Jos and Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife.
According the publication the software
programme development was at the instance
of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of
Nigerian Universities (AVCNU).
This, it said, is the umbrella organisation for
Vice-Chancellors of the nation's federal, state
and private universities.
It said the AVCNU had mandated its
Information and Communication Technology
Sub-committee, chair, and the Vice-
Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof.
AbdulGaniyu Ambali, to assemble IT team
from Nigerian universities.
The publication said this would develop the
home-grown anti-plagiarism software with the
local repository.
It quoted the Director, Computer Services
and Information Technology (COMSIT),
Directorate of the University of Ilorin, Prof.
Mohammed Ahmed , as saying the software
was at 80 per cent completion.
Ahmed added that using local human resource
to develop the software has helped to cut
down cost and show the ingenuity of
Nigerians.
He explained that the software has both local
and global repository with features such as
peer review, document comparison, and
grammar checker.
"Other features are language support and title
validation, with the name EAGLE SCAN being
proposed for the programme ,’’ he said.
Ahmed said when operational, the anti-
plagiarism application, would be made
available to all Nigerian universities.
He said that the application would compete
globally, and he called on the AVCNU to see to
the digitisation of local contents in the
various universities.
The VC of the Unilorin Prof. AbdulGaniyu
Ambali, commended the technical team put
together by the AVCNU to develop the
programme.
He noted that plagiarism is a criminal offence
that has given the AVCNU concern, adding
that the development of the programme is the
AVCNU's effort to ensure quality control
towards quality assurance in the Nigeria
education system.
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