The Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) has approved various sanctions against candidates, supervisors, and schools involved in malpractice during examinations conducted by West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
A statement issued by the acting Head of Public Affairs at the WAEC office in Yaba, Demianus Ojijeogu, said that the approval was given at the 70th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the council held from Thursday to Saturday last week in Lagos.
The statement disclosed that after considering the various reported cases of malpractice and
diligent deliberations, the committee approved appropriate sanctions in all established cases of malpractice, as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations governing the conduct of WAEC examinations.
It approved that the entire results of candidates involved in proven cases, which attracted Cancellation of Entire Results (CER), be cancelled, while subject results of those involved in proven cases, which attracted Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), be also cancelled.
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According to the statement, some candidates will suffer other sanctions such as barring them from sitting for the WAEC examinations for a certain number of years, and some schools will be derecognised for a specified number of years or have their recognition completely withdrawn.
It added that supervisors found wanting in the discharge of their examination duties would be formally reported to their employers and blacklisted while some invigilators would be reported to the appropriate authorities for disciplinary action.
The statement said the decisions of the committee would be implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools duly informed by the Council.
However, it said the results of candidates who were exonerated by the committee would be released.
At the meeting, the committee also considered special cases, clemency appeals from WASSCE for school candidates in 2020, and restitution cases for various years.
It received a report on the statistics of entries and results for WASSCE for private candidates (2019-second series), and WASSCE for private candidates (2020-first series).