The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on the West African Examinations Council WAEC to step up efforts in tackling the menace of examination malpractice in the country.
Adamu made the call at the formal opening of the 70th annual council meeting of the examination body in Abuja.
According him, the endemic phenomenon has continued to pervade all sectors of the country’s educational system.
The minister, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, noted that there was a strong need for WAEC to make concerted efforts to stem the ugly trend.
He, however, noted that in spite of all the myriads of societal challenges plaguing the country’s education sector, WAEC had remained a symbol of success in the conduct of quality public examinations, whose certificate had continued to enjoy global acceptability.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Council, Ato Essuman, noted that examination malpractices in public examinations had remained a huge source of worry to the council.
