Nigeria: Exams in a Time of National Trauma - the Insensitivity of NECO

29 October 2020
opinion

... insisting that an examination must go on in a situation that makes it unwise does not bode well for the organisational and institutional legacy of NECO. It is the height of insensitivity to want to pursue an organisational timeline at the expense of the psychological well-being of the students. After all, what is the essence of an examination if it demeans the dignity of the students who write it?

At the moment, Nigeria and Nigerians are undergoing a seismic event that is questioning the very foundation of the Nigerian state. The #EndSARS protests is right in the consciousness of the public and that of the government. And this is because it speaks to the collective agonies and aspirations of all Nigerians. From the immediate issue of police brutality, the anxiety and anger that triggered the protests had quickly encompassed larger issues of governance and restructuring. Education looms very large on the list of what is wrong with the Nigerian state. And yet, in the midst of all these agitations, the National Examination Council (NECO) deemed it fit to insist that its examinations must go on.

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