Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Four schools in Rivers state have been
blacklisted by WAEC for their involvement
in Examination malpractice. According to the
WAEC Zonal Coordinator in Rivers State,
Humphrey Ubaka who refused to disclose
the names of the affected schools said,
“Some are private while others are public
Schools. That means the schools have
been de-listed and their recognition
withdrawn as WAEC Centres”.
Henceforth, Candidates of the West
African Examination Council, WAEC,
caught engaging in Examination
Malpractice will be barred from taking
examination for two years as punishment
and as a deterrent to others.
The WAEC Zonal Coordinator in Rivers
State, Ubaka, disclosed this during the
2016, national stakeholders dialogue and
examination malpractice conference in
Port Harcourt.
He further disclosed that any candidate
caught with any electronic device in the
examination hall will have the whole
examination papers cancelled.
He said the persistent occurrence of
Examination malpractices has brought
credibility problem in the certificates
acquired in Nigeria in the international
community.
“If you are caught with electronic devices
like handset or any other device we will have
the entire result of such candidate
cancelled,if you are caught impersonating,
the result of the affected candidate will be
cancelled and the impersonator will be
handed to the Police for prosecution. That
candidate will be barred for two years
from taking such examination. If two
different hand writings are found in a
script, the result will also be cancelled.
We will develop as a nation if we continue
to go on like this. The persons will lose
confidence in themselves if they cannot
defend such certificates.”Ubaka said
Rivers State has been raking very high on
the WAEC chart for incidents of
examination malpractice due to
prevalence of “miracle centres,” where
students pay invigilators to allowed freely
commit examination malpractice.

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so if they caught someone cheating now he/she will be barred for 2 years just as dominique got me barred fo 2 weeks.