Nigeria: Lagos Goes Tough On Schools Caught in Exam Malpractices

14 March 2018

The Lagos State Government and proprietors of private schools have reached an accord to shut down any school indicted by the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) for examination malpractice in three consecutive years.

The Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule had expressed her concern about the indictment of schools by WAEC. She revealed that some schools are serial offenders whose names appeared on the list of 66, 61 and 56 schools indicted in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. Such schools she vowed will not be allowed to register students for this year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

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