{"id":85190,"date":"2025-08-31T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:59:03","slug":"education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister Clarifies Grade 12 Exam Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Habibatou Drame, has said that while incidents of malpractice were recorded during this year\u2019s Grade 12 examinations, there is no confirmed evidence of exam paper leakages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a ministerial town hall meeting on August 30, 2025, Minister Drame stressed that the ministry\u2019s findings point to examination malpractice rather than the circulation of leaked papers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs at this point, we are not able to confirm any leakage of the grade 12 exam; what we have found is examination malpractice, and again, I and you don\u2019t have control over that,\u201d she told participants.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that some individuals had alleged leakages, but she has requested concrete evidence to substantiate those claims, \u201cbecause in this life, no matter what you do, people will find ways to be deceitful. That is the reality,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, some candidates attempted to cheat using smartwatches, while others resorted to writing potential answers on their bodies. She emphasized that when such individuals are caught, they are subjected to due disciplinary processes for examination malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to tell you what happened during the grade 12 exam, there were malpractices, and we are going through the appropriate processes, and at the end of the processes, we will deal with the cases as recommended to us,\u201d Drame said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister further underscored the ministry\u2019s commitment to safeguarding the credibility of national examinations, stressing the need for stronger preventive measures. \u201cWhat we can do as a sector is to put in very strong mechanisms to avoid the leakage of exam papers,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Habibatou Drame, has said that while incidents of malpractice were recorded during this year\u2019s Grade 12 examinations, there is no confirmed evidence of exam paper leakages. Speaking at a ministerial town hall meeting on August 30, 2025, Minister Drame stressed that the ministry\u2019s findings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education Minister Clarifies Grade 12 Exam Malpractice - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Habibatou Drame, has said that while incidents of malpractice were ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Minister Clarifies Grade 12 Exam Malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Habibatou Drame, has said that while incidents of malpractice were ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T17:27:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T17:59:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756650501.672745.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"734\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Education Minister Clarifies Grade 12 Exam Malpractice\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-31T17:27:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T17:59:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\"},\"wordCount\":281,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756650501.672745.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/education-minister-clarifies-grade-12-exam-malpractice\",\"name\":\"Education Minister Clarifies Grade 12 Exam Malpractice - 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