Tunji Alausa has raised the alarm that some administrators of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) may be generating results for tertiary school admission-seeking candidates without any test.
The minister spoke of certificate racketeering while addressing the press about the policy direction for the sector under his leadership.
He cited the curious case of a candidate who wrote the SSCE administered by the National Examination Council (NECO).
The minister said the candidate, for whom he has evidence, procured an original NECO SSCE result on request without writing the exam.
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“Somebody came and said they wanted to get admitted into the university. They said they didn’t make certain credit. They asked what they needed to make. They returned and were given a result showing A+ in nine subjects,” Alausa said.
“NECO. They generated an original result of nine A’s for this candidate without doing an exam. I have evidence of that. And I confirmed that it was an original result. My mind bled. We cannot allow that to continue.
“It must stop from today when this committee is implemented. I will monitor it so closely. If it doesn’t stop, there will be consequences.
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“If you’re the head of WAEC or NECO, we will remove that head. This entire indiscipline and racketeering in our exam system must stop. It’s absolute nonsense.”
Alausa recently inaugurated a committee to improve the quality of examinations in Nigeria.
He said the education ministry has set a 2027 target to make the SSCE system 100 per cent computer-based.
The minister emphasised the government’s commitment to tackling widespread examination malpractices and enhancing the overall quality of the nation’s educational assessments.
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Alausa said tackling examination leakages requires a holistic approach, as students are not the only culprits in examination malpractices.
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