I witnessed a case where a young man who had invested two years studying for an MBA with ABU Zaria via their online platform was humiliated simply because he forgot to remove his phone from his poket before entering the exam hall.
He was busy writing when one of the examiners walked past him and the student's phone rang. The examiner asked him to hand over the phone which he did. Good thing is the student wasn't using the phone for malpractice and neither was he caught in the act, but the examiner took his phone and exam slip and booked the student for malpractice.
There is a possibility he truly forgot his phone in his pocket after writing his first paper but is it enough to book him for malpractice especially as he wrote his final paper today? If he is denied his certificate after investing for two years, would it be a fair judgement especially as he was not caught in the act of malpractice? All other examiners pleaded with the examiner from Zaria to let him be but he refused, claiming its not in his hands.
What advice do we give the student?