The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has decried
the rate of examination malpractice among students,
adding that students now drug invigilators using dangerous
chemical.
The council’s Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, who stated this,
yesterday, during a press briefing at WAEC International
Centre, Lagos, proposed international summit on
examination malpractices for October 19 and 20.
He berated the dimension examination malpractices were
taking on the continent of Africa and particularly in Nigeria.
He said: “In some cases, and particularly during private
examinations, candidates now go to centres fully armed
with guns and other weapons. For the public examinations,
there are centres, and especially private schools, where
invigilators are drugged to pave way for them to engage in
exam malpractices.”
According to him, while private candidates now go to
examination centres with guns and other weapons, some
private schools in connivance with the candidates, are now
in the habit of drugging invigilators using dangerous
chemicals.
He said:“Waging war against examination malpractices has
become very expensive and more difficult, particularly with
the advent of social media.
“The most notorious challenge facing examining bodies and
other educational institutions in WAEC member-countries is
examination malpractice.
“Currently, the malaise has assumed dangerous and
criminal dimensions on the heels of some advancements in
technology, which created the smartphones, social media,
among others.
“The council, in the five member countries, has introduced
several measures, adopted various strategies and deployed
technologies at great costs in the fight against the ever-
festering menace.”
“Misguided candidates and their adult collaborators,
sometimes including school authorities, teachers, parents
and, most recently, operators of rogue websites, have
continued to devise ingenious and sophisticated methods
of cheating, leading to an exponential increase in reported
cases of fraud in public examinations.
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