Abuja — WEST African Examination Council, (WAEC), is set to partner with the Federal Government of Nigeria in order to stamp out the spate of examination malpractice which has bedeviled the examination body in recent times.

This is even as council celebrates its 60 years of rendering services to ECOWAS countries.

The chairman and registrar of WAEC, Prof Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr disclosed this yesterday in Abuja when he led the members of the governing council on a courtesy visit to the minister of education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'I and the minister of state, Barr Ezenwo Wike.

The registrar said the examination body is ready to partner with the federal government of Nigeria in order to fight the spate of the menace as the status of WAEC must be maintained and the integrity of its examinations held in highest esteem and level, bearing in mind that it is the foremost examination body in the world.

In her response, Prof Rufa'i said the challenge of exam malpractice is suffered in all sister countries and the federal government is not resting on its oars as it has taken out modalities towards suppressing the issue and bringing it to its barest minimum.

The minister said "the federal government is concerned about the issue of the poor performance and poor quality of student who are produced these days as most of them cannot stand by their results and as such, this must be addressed and there is a need to ensure that exams are conducted hitch-free in Nigeria".

She assured that the challenges will soon be a thing of the past especially as the federal government will be willing to partner with the WAEC.