Students who cheat
during examinations conducted by
the West African Examinations Council,
WAEC, now risk a five-year jail term under an amendment to the 2004 WAEC Act being proposed by Federal Government.
Under the proposed amendment, examination malpractice will fetch five-year jail term for offenders or the option of N200,000 fine or both.
The
minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyat Rufai, announced yesterday. This decision
was reached during the Federal Executive Council weekly meeting that held in
Abuja yesterday. The new law states in part...
“(Any
candidate caught cheating) shall not take or be allowed to take or continue the
examination; in addition, he shall be prohibited from taking any examination
held or conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of two years
immediately following upon such contraventions. If a candidate aforesaid has
already taken any papers at the examination, his result therefrom shall be
cancelled. In addition, the candidate may be prosecuted and if found guilty,
shall be liable on conviction to a fine of N200,000 or imprisonment for a term
of five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”
The Education
Minister said the Ministry of Justice has been directed to take further
necessary action on the subject.
Student make una de read una books o, but come to think of it, should this be the first step to making education better in Naija?
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