The Federal Government has proposed the establishment of National Examination Malpractice Court/Tribunal for prompt prosecution of examination malpractices to serve as deterrent to others in the country.
*Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji Alausa affirmed this recommendation of the 17-man committee headed by Professor Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Administrations and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as chairman, on Improvement of the Quality of Examination in Nigeria.*
*SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OLOYEDE COMMITTEE INCLUDE:*
1. “All documents, including certificates, registration and result slips, etc., should contain National Identification Number (NIN), photograph and date of birth to guard against identity theft and impersonation.
2. “All invigilators and supervisors must register through NIN and subscribe to the Examination body’s Short Code, using the same pattern of 55019/66019 of JAMB in order so track and have full information about the examination officials, including examiners, supervisors and invigilators.
3. Swapping invigilators and Supervisors, not candidates, 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) pertaining to security, logistics and the fact that centre details are traditionally printed on candidates certificates.MJ education
4. The 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.
5. All examination halls and centres should be equipped with stationary CCTV cameras for surveillance and monitoring purposes. In addition every examination centre shall have a mini control room where the CCTV camera is monitored for urgent and immediate alert. MJ education
6. All the four concerned examination bodies shall jointly own central control facilities for their use during their examinations to save cost; and body camcorders should be deployed to examination halls and centres for effective monitoring.
7. At the point of entry into Basic School, every pupil must generate a unique code which is linked to his/her NIN which must be identified with the pupil throughout his/her educational journey in Nigeria.MJ education
8. Rather than wait till *2027* as initially suggested, the Computer Based Examination (CBE) should be implemented for objective questions in 2025 private examinations and in full for school candidates in 2026.
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