₦airaland Forum

phildon: Which engineering discipline did you read? Noisemaker! A true engineering graduate will never bore his reader with this needless and over flogged NYSC story. A true engineer will go straight to the point. Worse still, there is nothing spectacular in your message. This manner of exam malpractice is in each of the 774 LGAs of the country. Just another waste of time!

rman: This is what goes on in the entire country!!!!

A corper serving in OYO state told me how shocked she was when WAEC started.

In fact abnormality is now normal and it is only a few schools that do the proper thing ( allowing students to write the exam based on what the students know) .

When a lot of students came to complain on the JAMB thread, I could tell by the comments, those that cheated and those that studied hard to pass. More than 90% on that thread were not happy because they cheated and still failed.

Tunde ajani: man this is real literature,don't be surprise if this guy wins a caine prize with this subtle and enchanting style of writing,the word usage is cool and surprisingly bringing great effect to the story line.creative writing is not all about 'sex'.enjoy this bro and salute this great writer who is another eghosa imasuen or chimamanda in the making.more glow to your pen bro.fantastic this is.

olu4life: @OP,kudos to you. Thought i was the only corper observing and not partaking of this nonsense. At my former ppa,it was worse. They wanted to get me involved. Didnt even show up on the day my subject was written. Thank God have left the forsaken school which should have been shut down. Despite all the discouagement i got frm most nairalanders on my issue, my voice was heard and the school has been blacklisted by NYSC. We need more of this kinda youths,not the corrupt ones that can take their stand and exercise their rights. Kappish

slimyem: lol.
Her emphasizing that was to tell me to stop being hung up on religion and morals because I kept saying its stood against what I believe in
So if a redeem pastor can turn the other eye,what am I then making a fuss about?

bankoleben: This is no fiction. It's noting but the whole truth!

slimyem: the bolded part made me chuckle.

Op,I am not surprised at your story.These things happen in the so called "Centre of Excellence" too. I served in a private school in Lagos and I was one corp member that made it hellish for authorities in the school because of my refusal to participate/help students solve their exam questions.
I was told by the school principal that its no big deal even as the proprietor of the school is a redeem pastor and fully supportive of it. She said the school apart from being what it is, is also a business enterprise and if. SSCE failure is associated with the school,parents would withdraw their wards. I didn't budge though. It was against everything I stood for and couldn't be a part of it so I didn't show up when they were to write those papers.
Even other teachers in the school said I was a wicked person and dared me to deny that I wasn't "helped" during my time which I did though they disbelieved.

Everything is wrong with the Nigerian system of education.Everything is wrong with how a lot of people see -education/certifications-do or die. whatever it takes!The rot is deep and cleansing is almost unacheivable.

tonibassey: Oga Bankole, I hope you read this reply. I have carefully followed your thread and its a pity your NYSC experience in Cross River State had to be a pungent one. As an indigen of this amiable State, Let me try to correct some impressions here: Firstly, I'm going to forward the name of that school to His Excellency the Governor on Monday, I think they deserve a visit from our State Commissioner for Education. Since the inception of Senator Liyel Imoke's tenure as Governor, the Secondary School system has seen immense reformation-and o! We do not have money in CRS so we cannot fund free education. Secondary schools across the 3 Senatorial districts have been renovated and their staff and teachers duely trained, retrained and sacked where necessary. The school at Ekirom will surely witness change soon and I assure you her principal and corrupt staff will be brought to book. We've had instances where the Commissioner for education drives to schools in rural areas and is not even recognized for his person by staff and so He gets the required information and acts accordingly. Examination malpractise is seriously frowned at by the Cross River State government. This government does not believing in commissioning so many school projects, stocking them with laboratory apparatuses and leaving them to rot at the hands of incapable teachers, but seeks to groom schools properly in a quota system, which involves testing, training and retraining of secondary school teachers-and yes, secondary school teachers do write exams set by the ministry. To further clear your doubt, you could inquire about the impact of this administration on the education system. Giving you the Governor's mailbox number here would not be necessary-education is that important to him, the first time I got it was while he was addressing secondary school students at a Children's day forum a couple of years back. Your complaint will be reported to the appropriate authorities, and we don't "eat people" here in Cross River State. Hope you have a rather fulfilling visit when next you traverse the land of this beautiful place. Long Live Cross River State!