Biggest Exam Cheats In West Africa Is Nigeria- WAEC
The Head, National Office of the Council, Charles Eguridu, said that
“Nigeria has the highest number of examination irregularities among the
five member countries of the West African Examinations Council”.
He made the revelation while speaking at a Road Show on Examination Malpractices Sensitization held in Abuja.
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Charles Eguridu also added that WAEC has not introduced stricter
measures and the use of advanced technology in its bid to curb
malpractice in the country. He also warned candidates and schools that
engage in organised examination malpractice of the dire consequences of
their actions which includes prosecution.
He said: “We have regulation that governs the conduct of our
examination”, and warned that malpractice will no longer be tolerated.
Eguridu said that the council has the power to withhold any results and
carry out investigation on whoever may be involved in examination
malpractice. Also, after the investigations have been carried out, the
entire result of the caught candidate will be cancelled and the centre
derecognised.
Eguridu also added that WAEC has introduced a technology that
verifies candidates that registered for the exam. He explained that at
the point of registration, the biometric features of each candidate will
be captured saying: “All these will be uploaded into our database and
on the day of the exam, these features are uploaded into a handheld
devise at the centre and like the card reader does, we verify that it is
the candidate that writes the exam”. He said that WAEC remains the only
examination body that has introduced the use of the technology in the
conduct of examination in the whole of Africa.
MacJohn Nwaobiala, The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of
Education, said the increasing rate of examination malpractice in the
country is high. He said: “In the recent years, we have seen the
multifarious manifestation of exam malpractices, from cheating in
examination to contracting mercenaries to write exams, among others”.
Mr. Nwaobiala appealed to WAEC candidates to avoid situations that
could implicate them in the examination hall, so that their future would
not be jeopardized
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