Exam malpractice: WAEC
moves against erring principals
By IME OLA
Tuesday, Apri 21, 2009
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•Dr.
Iyi Uwadiae, WAEC’s Head of National Office
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Worried by the festering problem of examination malpractice
in the country, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
has decided to make public on state basis, facts and statistics
on the problem to enable stakeholders take decisive action
against it.
Rising from the 47th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee,
held in Ibadan recently, the members also urged the Council
to disgrace principals who were indicted for perpetrating
malpractice during the November/December 2008 WASSCE, through
their association, All Nigeria Conference of Principals of
Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS).
After looking into the reports on the conduct of the examination,
the committee directed that supervisors and invigilators who
were found to have aided examination malpractice be recommended
for sanction by the appropriate authorities.
It appealed to state governments to address the problem of
examination malpractice and put in place effective machinery
to discourage candidates who rush to the rural areas to cheat
during its examination.
A communique issued at the meeting headed by Ahaji G.Y Bello
further stated: “Members noted the report that candidates’
performance was better than those of the previous years in
Christian Religious Knowledge 2, Geography 1, Government 2,
History 2, economics 2, Music, Visual Art, Applied Electricity
2, Technical Drawing 1, Building Construction 1 & 2, Woodwork
1 & 2, Metal Work 1 & 2, Yoruba and Physics 2.
Members however, expressed worry over the decline in the performance
of candidates in Physics 3, Chemistry 3, Health Science 2,
Physical Education 2, French 3, Literature in English 3, Geography
2 and Electronics 1”.
In order to improve their performance in subsequent examinations,
the examiners urged the candidates to prepare adequately and
cover the syllabus before the examination.
While nothing that the Council’s capacity to generate
and conduct quality aptitude tests was not being adequately
utilized by private organisations, government parastatals
and educational institutions in Nigeria, it commended WAEC
for its achievements in conducting aptitude tests for some
notable public and private sector organisation in the last
quarter of last year. |
