The National Examination Council (NECO) has dismissed
18 supervisors that took part in the June/July Senior Secondary School Examination
for alleged ‘gross’ misconduct.
Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the
Council, Mr. Abubakar Gana, disclosed this in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday
during the release of the results of the examination.
Gana said the supervisors were blacklisted "for
various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance
with non-candidates to write answers on chalkboard among other offences."
The registrar also disclosed that "inline
with the Council zero tolerance for any form of examination malpractice,
members of staff of NECO alleged to have behaved contrarily to expectations are
to face appropriate disciplinary measures once they fail to satisfactorily
defend themselves
"This is the tradition in the Council because
last year, all those who compromised were made to appear before a committee to
defend themselves, and those who could not do so were punished as appropriate,
leading to dismissal in some cases."
The registrar also revealed that three schools in
Katsina, Kebbi, and Oyo States each have "been recommended for de-
recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating/whole centre
cases."
He explained that "the increasing level of efficiency
in the conduct of NECO examinations is as a result of the achievements made in
the Council in the last one year," which included generation and trial
testing of quality test items and repositioning of its ICT for effective result
delivery.
Gana directed candidates who sat for the examination
to check their results on the website from Tuesday.
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