THE West African Examinations Council (WAEC) wants
state governments in Nigeria to collaborate with it to ensure the
abolition of external candidates in national examinations.
WAEC, at the weekend, alleged during the official opening of its Ekiti office in Ado Ekiti, that the “unscrupulous attitude of some private school owners” had caused noticeable loopholes in the conduct of examination by the council.
The registrar of WAEC, Dr Uyi Uwadiae, who gave the charge in his speech at the ceremony, said however, that the cooperation the council had received from some states had helped WAEC in arresting examination malpractice in the country.
He said: “Examination malpractice is a scourge this council must fight at all costs. In doing this, all stakeholders must join us because we cannot do it alone. Some private school owners used to recruit examinees from neighbouring states to write WAEC. We have been able to fight this because this forms part of the ways through which our examinations are being compromised.”
According to Uwadiae, despite the need to check external candidates’ menace, the council had brought sanity to the conduct of examinations in every part of the country.
He commended Ekiti State government, saying it was among the states that had complied with the council’s directive on external candidates.
Governor Kayode Fayemi, who was represented on the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Bimpe Aderiye, said the mass failure being recorded annually in external examinations, could be traceable to the dwindling fortunes of education in Nigeria.
Fayemi commended the flagging off of ‘War against Examination Malpractices in Ekiti’ describing the measure as a good step in the right direction, and said the state government had successfully wiped out miracle centres in private and public schools just as it has renovated over 100 schools for conducive learning.
WAEC, at the weekend, alleged during the official opening of its Ekiti office in Ado Ekiti, that the “unscrupulous attitude of some private school owners” had caused noticeable loopholes in the conduct of examination by the council.
The registrar of WAEC, Dr Uyi Uwadiae, who gave the charge in his speech at the ceremony, said however, that the cooperation the council had received from some states had helped WAEC in arresting examination malpractice in the country.
He said: “Examination malpractice is a scourge this council must fight at all costs. In doing this, all stakeholders must join us because we cannot do it alone. Some private school owners used to recruit examinees from neighbouring states to write WAEC. We have been able to fight this because this forms part of the ways through which our examinations are being compromised.”
According to Uwadiae, despite the need to check external candidates’ menace, the council had brought sanity to the conduct of examinations in every part of the country.
He commended Ekiti State government, saying it was among the states that had complied with the council’s directive on external candidates.
Governor Kayode Fayemi, who was represented on the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Bimpe Aderiye, said the mass failure being recorded annually in external examinations, could be traceable to the dwindling fortunes of education in Nigeria.
Fayemi commended the flagging off of ‘War against Examination Malpractices in Ekiti’ describing the measure as a good step in the right direction, and said the state government had successfully wiped out miracle centres in private and public schools just as it has renovated over 100 schools for conducive learning.
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