Examination centers and candidates involved in examination malpractice will be investigated and prosecuted, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said.
The Head, WAEC National Office, Charles Eguridu, revealed this in Abuja on Wednesday at a Road Show on Examination Malpractices sensitization.
“When we discover candidates who are involved in examination malpractice, we have the power to withhold their results and carry out investigation,” Eguridu said.
“When we investigate and confirm that they were involved in any form of malpractice the results of that subject could be canceled, the entire results could be canceled and the center can be de-recognized.”
He said Nigeria has the highest number of candidates and incidence of examination malpractices.
Eguridu said the Council has introduced advanced technology which captures candidate’s biometric data at the point of registration.
“These are uploaded into our database and on the day of the exam, these features are uploaded into a handheld device at the center and like the card reader does, we verify that it is the candidate that writes the exam,” he added.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, MacJohn Nwaobiala, also decried the surge in examination malpractice in Nigeria.
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