WAEC: In a bid to hurriedly submit their answer booklets, the
West African Examination Council (WAEC) has shown that some students who were
involved in examination malpractices forgot to remove their materials used for
the unwholesome act in their answer booklet
This was disclosed to Punch newspaper by the Public
Relations Officer of WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, who stated how the examination
body is fighting tirelessly to stop or reduce drastically the rate of examination
malpractice.
According to him, “We encounter malpractice during the
examination and during marking. Some leave the expo in the answer booklets. We
see that all the time. Others use other answer booklets different from the
council’s own. But, we discover these things during marking because the
booklets do not have our serial numbers and they are not usually signed by the
supervisors. Supervisors usually sign the booklets before they are given to the
candidates.
“We have been able to handle impersonation through our
biometric process but there is still collusion where candidates will copy
exactly the same answers usually dictated by a teacher. We have our
invigilators but the number is limited. When you leave the centre or before we
get there, they will do what they want.”
He further said that the council was still dealing with issues
of conspiracy, which involved teachers abetting candidates during examination.
“We no longer make noise about examination malpractice
because examination supervision is a hazardous job. When candidates engage in
malpractice, we just take their number and they fill a form. Some of our
workers have been held hostage, female supervisors have been harassed. It is a
hazardous job,” he added.
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