The Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC), of the West African
Examinations Council (WAEC) in a communique issued at the end of the
62nd meeting of NEC WAEC held in Lagos, has approved appropriate
sanctions in all established cases of malpractice in line with the rules
and regulations governing the conduct of its examinations.
It was gathered that the the entire results and subject results of
candidates involved in proven cases of exam malpractice would be
cancelled.
It was also revealed that some candidates would be barred from sitting
for the Council’s examinations for a certain number of years.
Schools indicted in exam malpractice will be de-recognised and their
Principals reported to the Ministry of Education for disciplinary action
while erring Supervisors will be blacklisted.
The communique, stated that these decisions of the Committee will be
implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools will
be duly informed by the Council.
The Committee said further that some candidates would also suffer other sanctions such as barring them from
According to the communique, The decisions of the Committee will be
implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools will
be duly informed by the Council.
The committee also resolved that following cases of schools writing on
the chalk board for their students to copy, any school that is warned
for abetting and aiding exam malpractice up to 3 times within a period
of 5 years will be de-recognized.
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