WAEC Sets To Cancel The Results Of Candidates As Penalty Of Exam Cheats

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will henceforth cancel
the entire results of any candidates who cheat in more than one
subject.

In a communiqué it issued at the end of the council's 55th Nigeria
Examinations Committee (NEC) meeting, the council said it had become
necessary to review its rules on examination malpractice.

The communiqué was signed by the WAEC Deputy Director (Public
Affairs), Mr Yusuf Ari, and made available to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos.

The meeting held from April 15 to April 17 in Lagos.

The council said that it observed with concerns the indictment of some
candidates for malpractice in more than one subject in the
November/December, 2012 West African Senior Secondary Certificate
Examination (WASSCE).

"In order to check the ugly trend, the committee subsequently decided
that the sanction in the council's rules and regulations should be
reviewed.

"It is clear that there is an urgent need to review the rule on such
cases from cancellation of subject result to cancellation of entire
results," it said.

It noted that collusion and irregular activities, inside and outside
the examination hall, were the most prevalent forms of examination
malpractice.

It said that monitoring by members of staff of the council and other
stakeholders and recent innovations were exposing examination cheats.

"Members believed that if the principal of a school decides that
examination malpractice should not be allowed in his or her school,
incidences of malpractice will be very minimal,'' it said.

WAEC said that the NEC endorsed posting of WASSCE irregularities,
special and clemency cases on the council's website.

It said that it had been alerted of the existence of a rogue website
where false questions and answers were posted daily to defraud
candidates during examinations, adding that it had neutralised the
activities of those operators.

It warned candidates to jettison such website.

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