{"id":2440,"date":"2013-04-20T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/waec-to-cancel-entire-results-of-exam-cheats\/"},"modified":"2013-04-20T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T16:34:07","slug":"waec-to-cancel-entire-results-of-exam-cheats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/waec-to-cancel-entire-results-of-exam-cheats\/","title":{"rendered":"WAEC to cancel entire results of exam cheats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will henceforth cancel the entire results of any candidates who cheat in more than one subject.<\/p>\n

In a communiqu\u00e9 it issued at the end of the council\u2019s 55th<\/sup>\u00a0Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) meeting, the council said it had become necessary to review its rules on examination malpractice.<\/p>\n

The communiqu\u00e9 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.<\/p>\n

The meeting held from April 15 to April 17 in Lagos.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

“In order to check the ugly trend, the committee subsequently decided that the sanction in the council\u2019s rules and regulations should be reviewed.<\/p>\n

“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,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

It noted that collusion and irregular activities, inside and outside the examination hall, were the most prevalent forms of examination malpractice.<\/p>\n

It said that monitoring by members of staff of the council and other stakeholders and recent innovations were exposing examination cheats.<\/p>\n

“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,\u2019\u2019 it said.<\/p>\n

WAEC said that the NEC endorsed posting of WASSCE irregularities, special and clemency cases on the council\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

It warned candidates to jettison such website.<\/p>\n

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