Some stakeholders in the education sector on Wednesday expressed worry over increased cases of examination malpractice and continued mass failure.?
In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, the stakeholders said that the challenges needed urgent tackling by all concerned.?
Mr Ike Onyechere, Founding Chairman, Examination Ethics and Marshal International — a non-governmental organisation — said that the challenges showed that the education sector required rehabilitation.?
He regretted that some teachers and supervisors aided and abated examination malpractice, instead of fighting the vice.?
“I congratulate JAMB for the success recorded during the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, but I am sad over the report of the result released by JAMB.?
“The performance of students in the examination shows that invigilators and? teachers were the ones facilitating cheating.?
“The report is alarming; it is not proper and will not bring the needed transformation of this country.?
“If we don’t tackle examination malpractice extensively, we will not be able to fight corruption,” he told
Onyechere urge the collaboration of families, schools, churches, mosques and government agencies in the fight against examination malpractice to save Nigeria’s future.
A school principal, Dr Folake Famurewa, said that the increased number of witheld results in the 2012 UTME over alleged malpractice and the various methods employed by students in cheating, showed a high level of corruption.?
Famurewa, Principal, Prevailer Secondary? School, Alagbado, Lagos, said that examination malpractice was fast discouraging hard work and honesty among students.?
“I am totally disappointed with the level at which students cheat to pass their examinations.?
“Parents must start to educate their children on the evils of examination malpractice,” she said.?
?A parent, Mr Lateef Adepetu, condemned the attitude of parents who no longer encouraged hard work and sincerity, but helped their children to cheat in examinations.?
Adepetu urged such parents to change from the attitude in the interest of their children’s future.
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