WAEC decries rate of exam malpractice, mercenary

By Chiadi Nelson

REGISTRAR to Council, of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, has lamented the rate at which students, parents and merrcenaries connive before and during examination to cheat. Uwadiae who described it as alarming, warned that if stakeholders do not urgently arrest the trend, it would erode the future of our students.

The Registrar who spoke in Lagos during a media parley with editors to laud the virtues and achievements of the President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, said: “There is no short cut to success, if you prepare, you will pass your examination.”

He noted that in the last four years, no Nigerian student has made first position in African examinations. “In the last four years, when we did the global excellence awards…