The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed shock at the recent development and high rate of examination malpractice in Nigeria as candidates now bring in weapons to scare off invigilators at examination centres.
According to WAEC registrar Dr. Iyi Uwadiae while some private candidates went to examination centres with guns and other weapons, some private schools are in the habit of conniving with the candidates to drug invigilators using dangerous chemicals.
The registrar made this known at WAEC International Centre in Lagos, while briefing the media on details of the examination body’s proposed international summit on examination malpractices.
Uwadiae during the briefing said “the most notorious challenge facing examining bodies and other educational institutions in WAEC member countries is examination malpractice. Currently, the malaises has assumed dangerous and criminal dimensions on the heels of some advancements in technology, which created the smartphones, the social media, among others.”
