Surely, Examination Malpractice has become one of the canker worms that have eaten deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian society.
Before now, perhaps, the most remarkable factor is what I can call academic laziness or better still, mediocrity on the part of some students – those who see examination malpractice as the only way to. Hence, they resort to cheating during examinations.
But after Saturday’s UTME, the reality dawned on me that the situation of exam malpractice in our country has become worse than many of us thought. How do you explain it, when the very people who were supposed to put students to check were the ones spearheading the whole abnormalities?
Even candidates who were ready to abide by proper exam conducts were discouraged and made to feel as though they’ve done something wrong – thereby leaving doubt in their minds regarding what result they should expect from their exam.
According to one parent – Ayodeji Adeyeye, “I’m not sure it can get worse than what was experienced on Saturday”.
Read his comment below:
“One of my worst days ever………totally demoralising day. My two daughters went out this morning at 6am to JAMB centers for exams. The brother who took them warned us when he saw the amount the kids got for refreshments and strongly observed that the money would be inadequate. 2k per child to my mind was already too much for snacks!
I failed to understand his message. Kids got home with tales of woe.
First, to enter exam premises, you pay a fee of five hundred naira titled marching ground,
Then the invigilators DEMANDED 5K per child to enable the child connect via GSM to an aide somewhere who provides answers as required. Thirdly, The law enforcement agents we call policemen who came there waited a while….. collected their part of the deal and left the kids at the mercy of these JAMB touts. Sadly many parents were there to fund their kids directly and waited throughout supervising the exam from outside the hall. They have surrendered to a an overpowering cabal…..I wonder if these kids will ever have any sense of right or wrong when parents are coerced in their presence into direct participation in such evil schemes.
My daughters did not pay the money and their papers were marked implying that they were caught in exam malpractices ie..cheating. My guess is that they would have paid up too to avoid the hassles that followed. They now have to wait another year to utilise the lessons learnt from today’s exercise.
All the study, stress, preparation wasted by a group of useless jamb touts who sadly are too myopic to realise the enormity of the wrong they have done to this nation.
My naivety is obvious to all reading this..never thought this nation had descended this far.
The kids did not even have a choice. Join the cheats or fail without even a chance at writing the exams. Honestly, I did not know things had gone so far.
Consequently, and in a traumatic sudden manner too, I have come to a wall of sorts and finally understand the reason why Nigerians are fleeing this nation daily.”
