{"id":165082,"date":"2025-05-31T11:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T10:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-govt-proposes-establishment-of-exams-malpractice"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T11:20:34","slug":"nigerian-govt-proposes-establishment-of-exams-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govt-proposes-establishment-of-exams-malpractice","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Govt proposes establishment of exams malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has proposed the establishment of a National Examination Malpractice Court\/Tribunal for prompt prosecution of examination infractions to serve as a deterrent to others.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known in Abuja while receiving a committee report on improvement of quality examinations.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, while affirming the recommendations of the 17-man committee, headed by Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it would improve the quality of examinations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Alausa assured the committee members that all the 12-point recommendations would be implemented, noting that the government would deploy all its machinery to fight the menace of examination malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me assure all the committee members that you have done so much work here, and all the recommendations you have given us as a government, we will implement every single one of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the 12 recommendations that you reeled out, everyone will agree with me today that none of them will be impossible to implement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are all practicable things. Those that will be implemented now, we will do that right away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST recalls that the minister inaugurated the committee in January and it submitted its interim report after five months of extensive work.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the recommendations, the committee urged the Federal Ministry of Education to interface with the National Assembly to enact a law establishing a National Examination Malpractice Court\/Tribunal for prompt prosecution of examination malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also recommended that documents, including certificates, registration and result slips, should contain National Identification Number, NIN, photograph, and date of birth of candidates, to guard against identity theft and impersonation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll invigilators and supervisors must register through NIN and subscribe to the examination body\u2019s short code, using the same pattern of 55019\/66019 of JAMB, in order to track and have full information about the examination officials, including examiners, supervisors, and invigilators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwapping of invigilators and supervisors should commence with effect from the 2025 private SSCE due to the strong views against student swapping expressed by the four concerned examination bodies (WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, and NBAIS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcept where absolutely impossible, invigilators and supervisors should always be public officials, teachers on pensionable appointments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard requirements of examination halls\/centres should not be waived for any school, while the recommended seating arrangement should be 1.5m by 1.2m, or 1.8 sqm per candidate,\u201d the committee stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Government has proposed the establishment of a National Examination Malpractice Court\/Tribunal for prompt prosecution of examination infractions to serve as a deterrent to others. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known in Abuja while receiving a committee report on improvement of quality examinations. 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