Nigeria: NECO And Exam Cheats

Lagos — AN ironic twist has been added to the desperate search for solutions to the pandemic of examination malpractice in the country.

Recently, the registrar and chief executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, authorised the council's invigilators and other officers to accept bribes if, and when, offered by desperate students, their parents or schools. The bribe is to persuade the NECO personnel to look the other way while the bribe givers' wards and pupils perpetrate exam malpractice in exam halls and pass their Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) by foul means.

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