—The West African Examinations Council,
WAEC, at the weekend, identified examination
malpractice as a major challenge militating
against its operations in its 64 years of
existence.
The council’s Head of Test Administration, Mrs
Frances Iweha-Onukwu, disclosed this in
Lagos.
According to her, the scourge is a canker worm
that has eaten deep in the fabric among
candidates, not only in Nigeria, but also in
member countries.
She, however, noted that the council was
gradually winning the war as it kept
introducing new cutting-edge technology to
stop the ugly trend.
“One major challenge we are battling against,
since inception, has been that of examination
malpractice, but we are happy that we are
winning the war.
“We know that the candidates might want to
beat our technology, but we will continue to
make sure that we check them in any way they
try,” she said.
According to Iweha-Onukwu, another major
challenge is the ‘rogue website’.
“Tackling ‘rogue website’ has been a serious
challenge the board is facing,” she said.
A rogue website is one that subverts a
legitimate web site by appearing to replace it.
Iweha-Onukwu said that perpetrators of such
act use rogue website to distract lazy
candidates, who, instead of studying hard for
their examination, busy themselves logging
onto the rogue website.
She, however, said that many operators of the
fake sites were being apprehended with the
help of security agents.
The official said her desire was to see the
council compete favourably with international
examination bodies like the Educational
Testing Service, ETS, among others.
Title : EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE WORRIES WAEC OFFICIALS
Description : —The West African Examinations Council, WAEC , at the weekend, identified examination malpractice as a major challenge militating against...