- 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 of Education, Tunji Alausa, has affirmed the federal government’s commitment to combating examination malpractice for a fair education system.
Speaking on Politics Today, Channels Television, Alausa stated President Bola Tinubu’s administration will tackle the menace of “miracle centres.”
Minister Alausa emphasised allowing cheating undermines students who genuinely work hard to earn good grades.
He added Nigeria’s tertiary education has improved, with plans to train three universities per geopolitical zone as models for public institutions nationwide.
“We have problems with examination malpractice which we are addressing frontally as a government,” Alausa said.
“This is not acceptable because if you let people cheat, you will disincentivise the hardworking people.”
“We will tackle this issue of miracle centre, this pervasive exam cheating decisively.”
“We would bring a complete end to this menace that has really invaded our educational system.”
Earlier, Alausa alerted the public to potential SSCE result forgery for admission-seeking candidates without actual tests.
Alausa shared a case where a candidate procured an original NECO SSCE result without taking the exam.
“Somebody came and said they wanted to get admitted into the university… They returned and were given a result showing A+ in nine subjects,” Alausa said.
“NECO generated an original result of nine A’s for this candidate without doing an exam.”
Alausa vowed to monitor the situation closely, warning of consequences, including removal of WAEC or NECO heads if malpractices persist.
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