The University of Ilorin in collaboration with six other Nigerian universities have developed an 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.
The publication said the software programme development was at the instance of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities , the umbrella organisation for Vice-Chancellors of the nation’s federal, state and private universities.
Furthermore, the AVCNU had mandated its Information and Communication Technology Sub-committee, chair, and the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, to assemble an IT team from Nigerian universities.
The team would develop the home-grown anti-plagiarism software with the local repository.
It quoted the Director, Computer Services and Information Technology, Directorate of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Mohammed Ahmed, as saying the software was at 80 percent 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.
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 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.
Acknowledgement: www.today.ng
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