YOLA — All secondary schools in Adamawa state have been directed to establish an “Exam Ethics Club” in their schools to preach against the consequences of examination malpractice.
Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Mrs. Wilbina Jackson gave the directive while inaugurating officials of the club for Government Day Secondary School, Luggere Jimeta held at General Murtala Mohammed College Yola.
Jackson stated that due to priority given to education by the Fintiri led administration, it a zero-tolerance to examination malpractice, hence the payment of WEAC and NECO examination fees to almost fifty thousand candidates in public schools.
“Examination malpractice is really bad, it will rubbish Adamawa state, it will destroy Adamawa state and the country as a whole, you will be a very bad Engineer, a very bad Teacher, a very bad Medical Doctor and a very bad of everything.”
“And if we have everything destroy and bad, so Adamawa state will be destroyed and bad, so I want you to read hard because you don’t have the intention of making Adamawa state bad, read very hard and don’t play with the books,” she added.
She noted that government that allows examination malpractices to exist schools would produce bad professionals that will have an adverse effect on society and humanity, and urged the students to read hard for them to pass their examinations and desist from engaging in any malpractice.
The commissioner saluted the principal of Government Day Secondary School, Luggere Jimeta for initiating the club which will go a long way in curtailing examination malpractice being perpetrated by teachers, students and parents.
In his remark, the Chairman of the occasion, Dr. Ahmad Usman Dadah a retired Permanent Secretary in the Adamawa state civil service described examination malpractice as a monster that can destroy a nation with the production of bad professionals in any field of human endeavours.
Dadah urged parents not to join hand with relevant bodies to ensure the eradication of the monster in schools.
He however, said early preparation for any examination and the commitment of teachers in attending their classes will assist in reducing examination malpractice drastically.
In his closing remark, the principal Government Day Secondary School Luggere, Alhaji Umaru Bakari Abdulkadir said as a chief examiner for NABTEB, WAEC and NECO in the state have noticed examination malpractice perpetuated by students which call for the need to address it as government spends a lot on examinations and at the end results were cancelled.
There were presentation of papers by Branch Controller, the West African Examinations Council Yola Mr Agunbiade Oladele Oladapo on “Exam malpractice and its effects” as well as “A good student” by Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf Abubakar Ba-Sarki, former Executive Secretary Post Primary Schools Management Board Yola and goodwill messages from State Chairmen of NUT and PTA.
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