Lokoja, Nov. 20, 2024 (NAN) The Kogi Government has vowed to sanction school principalsl, teachers and supervisors who engaged or aided examination malpractices in the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB, gave the assurance at a meeting with some principals and supervisors who were indicted by West African Examination Council (WAEC) for examination malpractices for 2023/2024 Examinations.
Jones said that WAEC had de -recognised 13 schools and blacklisted 14 supervisors for various degrees of exam malpractices in the 2023/2024 WASSCE in the state.
Jones emphasised that examination malpractices remained a criminal offence and will be treated in accordance with the Law.
He said that henceforth exam malpractice offenders would be prosecuted in accordance with Kogi State Education Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2020.
He stated that a committee will be set up to be headed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary to investigate personalities indicted by WAEC.
The commissioner assured that whosoever found wanting would be prosecuted in the Law Court.
“Kogi State has invested so much in Education and will no longer tolerate the attitude of the ‘bad eggs’ drawing back the gains already made in education sector,” he said.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Dr. Seidu Jibrin, admonished the principals and the supervisors to desist from any act of exam malpractice.
According to him, such actions are not just robbing the state but destroying the future of the students.
“I urge you to have a sober reflection of your actions as posterity will judge everyone according to his/ her deeds.
“While some teachers are being called out for awards, it will be wrong for you to be called out for condemnations.
“It is unfortunate that this is happening when Kogi State is investing so much in Education, whosoever is found culpable will be severely sanctioned,”Jibrin said.