The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has retracted 151 certificates that had been issued to both private and public examination candidates. The exam body made this announcement during the 62nd meeting of its National Examinations Committee (NEC) held in Lagos on Tuesday. The affected candidates, TheCable reports, were said to have engaged in examination malpractice. The... Read More

November 17, 2013

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REVEALED: The real reasons GRE & TOEFL were suspended in Nigeria

by Chi Ibe A week ago, we reported the official cancellation of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Test of English for Foreign Learners (TOEFL) in Nigeria – due to “security concerns”. Well, it appears the guys in charge of both at the Educational Testing Service (ETC) were being (very) economical with the truth.... Read More

english examination, English language, english nigeria, Examination Malpractice, examination nigeria, GRE, security concerns, TOEFL

April 4, 2012

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“This is unfair!” – Students threaten to sue JAMB for N1 billion over low scores

by Lekan Olanrewaju Just as results of the just concluded UTME examinations have been released, revealing that only 3 candidates scored above 300, five candidates have threatened to take the examinations body to court. Speaking through their lawyer, Babajide Lawson, the candidates expressed dissatisfaction with their results, accusing the body of substituting their actual results for ‘random’... Read More

Examination Malpractice, JAMB

March 26, 2012

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Photo of the Day: There’s a L(app) for that! See how this young lady wrote her exams

by Lekan Olanrewaju Sent in by a reader. The “jambite” above was pictured at the Joint Admission Matriculation Examination (colloquially called ‘JAMB’) displaying quite the creative method to ensure she doesn’t fail the examination. Let’s look at this photo for one moment, there are some things wrong with it? First, that paper is too big, havent you heard of... Read More

Examination Malpractice, JAMB, Photo