The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja
expressed concern over the increasing rate of examination malpractices.
It regretted that fraudsters had made about N375bn fortune in the past
15 years (that is, N25bn per annum).
The FG thus asked the National Assembly to enact a
legislation making it possible for parents and employers to institute
legal action against any institution turning out sub-standard graduates.
The Director-General of the National Orientation
Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, raised the alarm at a news briefing on the
collaboration between the agency and Exam Ethics Marshalls International
for the restoration of integrity to the conduct of examinations in
Nigeria.
Already, the campaign to raise the integrity bar has
been designed to be nationwide. It is expected to start from Lokoja,
Kogi State, on Tuesday.
Omeri said reports prepared by a non-governmental
organisation, Exam Ethics Project (NOA’s partner), showed that about 12
per cent of candidates who sat for Senior School Certificate
Examinations were involved in examination malpractices, adding that the
average Examination Malpractice Index ranks Nigeria poorly.
He said, “Examination malpractice has become a
serious organised crime, as evident in some private schools that pride
themselves as virtual magic centres; sale of marks, grades and degrees
in tertiary institutions; outright theft and forgery of certificates.”
Fg should go and sleep and not wake up again.
ReplyDeleteWat abt leadership malpratice aw much are dey earnin per anum.
D most funniest thing is that 70% of student involvin demself in dis act re dere children.
Let dem forget abt malpratice or no malpractise, dey shuld give the account of aw much dey raised frm d fuel subsidy and give a gud account of aw d money is bein spent. Nt all dis one dey re doin.