Examination Malpractices: WAEC Bars 42 Secondary Schools In Benue |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

The West African Examination Council, (WAEC) has barred 42 schools in Benue State from fielding students for its examinations.

The Commissioner for Education, Dennis Ityavyar, who confirmed this on Wednesday in Makurdi, the State capital, explained that the schools were delisted due to examination malpractices.

“Let me inform the public that WAEC has delisted 42 schools in the state, and most of them are private schools . There are two public schools involved.The schools were delisted following large-scale examination malpractices.

“WAEC usually delists, or suspends, centres where examination rules are breached.

“Students who registered for WAEC in those centres will now have to write it in other centres.”

According to the Commissioner, there are existing procedures put in place to punish all teachers involved in examination malpractices in the state.

“All the Principals of the affected 42 schools will be removed, and further investigation carried out on the matter.

“Whenever there is examination malpractice, the first thing we do is to remove the Principals of the schools in question,” he noted.

Speaking further, the Commissioner stated, “Some of them usually blame the invigilators, but there is no way the principals and teachers will not know about it.”

Mr. Ityavyar also explained that the government would do everything possible to discourage students and teachers from further engaging in examination malpractice.