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Friday, 23 December 2016

CAMPAIGN: STOP EXAM MALPRACTICE NOW




#StopExamMalpracticeNow




18 IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT EXAM MALPRACTICE

·         *It is a multi-party offence or crime but only one of them is usually sanctioned.
·         *Parents make exam racketeering thrive by offering money, favour and gifts to accomplices.
·         *Exam racketeering is to public exams (WAEC, JAMB) as exam malpractice is to private exams.
·         *Exam candidates can never cheat in droves unless other key stakeholders (accomplices) agree to and support the act.
·         *Massive exam malpractice and racketeering issues are usually negotiated and settled prior to an exam.
·         *Exam racketeering is the institutionalized system of exam malpractice.
·         *Exam malpractice encourages and makes teachers and students lazy and short of sound mind.
·         *Exam racketeering is usually rewarded in cash and kind.
·         *Exam malpractice denies labour market of competent hands or persons who can viably drive an organization or economy.
·         *Exam racketeering is conspiracy against quality education.
·         *Exam malpractice is the drain of intellectual capability; personal effectiveness and development.
·         *Exam racketeering is strongly institutionalized.
·         *Exam racketeering is pay-back time for money invested to secure government approval for private schools.
·         *Expensive private school approval fee encourages exam racketeering.
·         *When exam malpractice persists, it becomes exam racketeering.
·         *Exam malpractice and exam racketeering undermine the worth of a certificate as well as the awarding institutions.
·         *Exam malpractice and exam racketeering are the formal initiation pathways into corruption for a  growing child.
·         *Exam racketeering promotes ‘fail-outs’ or poor students into leadership positions above their better counter-parts.


8 REASONS EXAM MALPRACTICE  WILL EVER PERSIST

·         *If you keep sanctioning just one party (candidates) as usual out of the many parties to an exam malpractice.
·         *If it is not criminalized by law, the campaign will remain a matter of motion without movement.
·         *Lack of diligent prosecution of all culprits will not deter any intending and uncaught offenders.
·         *Exam racketeering is a huge source of revenue in cash and kind to all parties (individuals & institutions) involved.
·         *Lack of serious penalty yet to counter the social menace.
·         *Exam racketeering remains the quickest viable means for corrupt school owners to recover the fees paid to  government for approval of their schools.
·         *The outrageous fee charged by government for approving private schools makes them to engage in exam racketeering.
·         *For as long as parents keep patronizing other accomplices by offering money, gifts  and favour to them so their children can ‘pass’.

By  Festus O. Odeyale

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