By Emmanuel Kehinde, ilorin.
The Chairman, National Senior Secondary School Education Commission (NSSSEC), Amb. Nimota Nihinlola Akanbi,has expressed worry over the rising cases of malpractice during the conduct of external examinations at secondary school level with active connivance of some parents.
Amb.Akanbi, who expressed the concern in a statement she signed and made available to The Reporters in Ilorin, vowed to deal decisively with schools, parents and guardians found to be aiding and abetting examination malpractice, especially at post-basic education level.
The commission’s boss added that both the culprits and their accomplices would be arrested and prosecuted within the ambit of the law to serve deterrent to others in their shoe.
The ex-diplomat noted that the ugly trend had lingered too long, amidst the effort of the federal government through the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to nip it in the bud.
She said that the commission would not fold its arms and allow unscrupulous elements have their ways, in their desperate bid to destroy the future of children and educational system in the country.
The chairman described as saddening,instances where some parents and others in their cohort were unperturbed about the bleak future of the students they were helping to indulge in examination fraud in the event that the unwholesome activity unabated.
The chairman,who said that NSSSEC was established to standardize educational system at post basic level, as a gateway to tertiary education, urged stakeholders to join hands with the commission in stemming the rising tide of examination fraud for the sake of the nation’s future.
“Our commission has been inundated with the rising cases of irregularities and high level of malpractice during external examinations at secondary school level.
“This is a sad tale, amidst the effort of the federal government through the Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to nip it in the bud.
“It is even more saddening that some parents are aiding and abetting examination malpractice in the country. But they should be informed, from now on, that it would be business unusual for them.
” The rot that has eaten deep into the system of our education,at post basic level, has to be curbed, if the future of our children and educational system is not to be destroyed.
“As a commission under our leadership, we won’t fold our arms and allow unscrupulous elements have their ways in their desperate bid to destroy the future of our children and educational system in the country.
” They should have it at the back of their minds that culprits and accomplices would not only be arrested but also face prosecution and get the prescribed punishment for their actions”, stressed.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
