The National Examinations (NEC) Committee of
WAEC on Thursday said that it had cancelled
results of candidates involved in examination
malpractices at the 2014 examinations. Mr
Damianus Ojijeogu of the Public Affairs
Department in WAEC disclosed this in a statement
in Lagos.
He said that the decision was taken at the
59th meeting of the committee.
Ojijeogu said that the communiqué of the meeting
was signed by an officer at the Public Affairs
Department of WAEC, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu. It
said the committee reviewed a report on
irregularity and special and clemency cases arising
from the conduct of the May/June 2014 West
African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE) at the
meeting.
The statement said that the communiqué also said
that the committee considered a report on the
conduct of the November/December 2014 WASSCE,
including irregularity cases arising from the
conduct of the examination. It said that there were
proven cases of malpractices by some candidates.
“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.
“This action is as prescribed by the rules and
regulations governing the conduct of the council’s
examinations. “It approved that the entire results of
such candidates involved in proven cases be
cancelled. “The communiqué also recommended
that the subjects’ results of those involved in
proven cases of malpractice be similarly cancelled.
“ In addition, some candidates will also suffer other
sanctions such as barring them from sitting for the
council’s examinations for a certain number of
years,” it said. The statement said that the
decisions of the committee would be implemented
without delay, while the affected candidates would
be duly informed by the council. It, however, said
that the results of candidates exonerated by the
committee would be released.
According to the communiqué, the committee’s
sanctions will also be imposed on all the ad-hoc
examination staff that condoned the malpractice.
“The committee has directed all the ad-hoc
examination functionaries, who were indicted of
involvement or condoning malpractice during the
conduct of the examination, be reported to
appropriate state Ministries of Education.
“The ad-hoc examination functionaries, who
participated during the November/December 2014
WASSCE, would also be reported to relevant
bodies for disciplinary action.
“This will be in
addition to the sanctions imposed on them by the
council. “The committee, as in previous meetings,
strongly expressed concern at the alarming
incidence of malpractice in examinations and
urged stakeholders to join hands in curbing the
menace,” it said.
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According to the communiqué, identified
weaknesses of candidates are mentioned in the
reports including poor mathematical skills and
Geography 3. It also identified other weaknesses
ranging from poor handwriting, omission of units
in their final answers to numerical problems in
Physics 2 and inability to spell technical terms
correctly as observed in Biology 3 and Health,
among others.
The communiqué suggested the need for students
to learn the basic principles and concepts in the
various subjects and apply them in solving
everyday problems as some of the remedies. It
urged the Federal Ministry of Education and the
National Universities Commission to urgently
facilitate the recognition of the newly introduced
trade subjects.
According to the communiqué, these subjects
should be added to the list of acceptable subjects
for admission into universities. It said that the
committee had, before their deliberations,
unanimously elected Mrs Fatima Abdulrahaman to
act as the chairman. Abdulrahaman is the National
President, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals
of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS).
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