WAEC: SOME CANDIDATES FORGET THEIR EXPO IN ANSWER BOOKLETS

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has explained the methods of identifying exam candidates that engaged in exam malpractice.

The Public Relations Officer of the West African Examination Council, WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, during press released with Punch newspaper, revealed that some exam candidates that indulge in malpractice submit answer scripts together with the expo while been in a hurry, while some use different answer booklets from its authorized copies.

He also noted that the council had reduced the acts of impersonation in its examinations through its bio-metric registration process

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.

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We have been able to handle impersonation through our bio-metric 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 center or before we get there, they will do what they want.

He added that the council was still dealing with challenges of collusion, which involved teachers aiding candidates during examination.

Ojijeogu, disclosed that some candidates harassed supervisors, adding that the development had forced the council to adopt a more discreet approach in making announcements regarding examination malpractice.

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.

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