The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, announced that the Federal Government would begin to tackle the menace of examination malpractice in the country.
Speaking at a 2-day International Summit on Examination Malpractice organized by West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in Lagos, the minister gave the assurance.
In the event which was tagged “Examination Malpractice: The Contemporary Realities and Antidotes,’’ the minister who was represented by Mr Mohammed Kaarege, the Director, Basic and Secondary Education, Federal Ministry of Education, said that examination malpractice was a form of corruption which the Federal Government had vowed to eradicate.
Speaking in proxy, Kaarege said that government was worried about the disturbing rate of examination fraud, which he said, was affecting the quality of education in the country.
In his address he said many techniques with which students cheat have been lately introduced, adding that it had worsened with the advent of the social media.
“The two-day summit is to provide examination bodies with measures and innovation to turn public examination into a fraud-free examination.
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“Nigeria in particular, and I think the government of other sub-regions in Africa, are determined to eradicate corruption of which examination malpractice is a form of corruption,’’ the minister said.
The minister also said that the focus of the Federal Government’s had been on the training and retraining of teachers. He also enjoined other members of WAEC to intensify in the training of teachers.
The Chairperson of WAEC, Dr Evelyn Kandakai also urged stakeholders in the education sector to collaborate with the Council to fight against the menace of examination malpractices.
Kandakai said WAEC had collaborated with stakeholders in the fight against examination fraud and had intensified its effort in the fight.
“Schools, society and WAEC are all suspects and examination malpractice has been a major distraction to the examination body,’’ Kandakai said.
She, finally summated that all stakeholders in the examination body must rise to kill examination malpractice before it kills education in the sub-region.
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