WAEC c’ttee attests to exam malpractice deduction

By Martin Paul

Abuja

National Examination Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), yesterday stated that networking with ministries of education has led to the reduction in malpractice in its examinations.
The committee, which stated this in a communiqué issued after its 64th meeting, particularly commended the collaborative efforts to identify and take disciplinary actions against perpetrators of examination malpractice.
WAEC-NEC said such disciplinary actions “were also carried out on supervisors and invigilators, who aided and abetted examination malpractice during the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
“The council noted the recurring cases of returned certificates, where candidates willingly made confessional statements to the effect that they were impersonated”.
Signed by Mr. Damianus Ojijeogu, Head of Public Affairs of WAEC, the communiqué said that the committee received a report on irregularity, special and clemency cases arising from the conduct of the 2016 WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2016.
It further stated that “in the course of considering the various reported cases of malpractice, the committee, after diligent deliberations, approved appropriate sanctions in all established cases of malpractice.
“It approved that the entire results of candidates involved in proven cases, which attract Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) be cancelled, while subject results of those involved in proven cases, which attracts Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR) be similarly cancelled.
“Some candidates will also suffer other sanctions such as barring them from sitting for the council’s examinations for a certain number of years, while some schools will have WAEC recognition withdrawn or de-recognised for a specified number of years.
“The decisions of the committee will be implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools duly informed by the council.
“However, the results of candidates who were exonerated by the committee will be released,’’ the communiqué said.
“Council agreed that apart from the National Universities Commission (NUC), details of such candidates such as examination numbers, certificate numbers and years of examination, should be made available to the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
“It should also be made available to the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and posted on the council’s corporate website as well as published in national dailies twice a year”.

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