The Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council says Nigeria has the highest number of examination irregularities among its five member countries.
Charles Eguridu, who spoke at a Road Show on Examination Malpractices Sensitization held in Abuja, also added that the malpractices are aided by the non-use of advanced technology by WAEC.
He warned candidates and schools that engage in organised examination malpractice of dire consequences including prosecution.
“We have regulation that governs the conduct of our examination,” he said, warning that malpractice will no longer be tolerated.
Furthermore, he explained that the council has the power to withhold results and carry out an investigation into anyone suspected of examination malpractice.
Mr. Eguridu said after investigations, the entire result of such a candidate can be cancelled and the centre, voided.
He added that WAEC has introduced technology that verifies candidates that registered for the exam.
Mr. Eguridi explained that at the point of registration, the biometric features of each candidate will be captured.
“All these will be uploaded into our database and on the day of the exam, these features are uploaded into a handheld devise at the centre and like the card reader does, we verify that it is the candidate that writes the exam,” he said.
He further explained that WAEC remains the only examination body that has introduced the use of the technology in the conduct of examination in the whole of Africa.
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