The West Africa Examinations
Council (WAEC) has insisted that none of its question papers for the ongoing
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been leaked.
This year’s examination started
on Monday, August 17 and has been marred with reports of alleged circulation of
question papers.
But in a statement by its Head of
Public Affairs, Demainus Ojijeogu, WAEC maintained there was no leaked question
paper.
“There has been no leakage of any
paper, whatsoever. Some have even gone ahead to misquote the head of the
National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan, as confirming the same.
“This is far from the truth and
we take very strong exception to it.
“The council’s monitoring/investigations
have revealed that some unscrupulous and unpatriotic supervisors/invigilators,
and in some cases, candidates, snap the question papers (while the examination
is in progress) and forward to their outside collaborators who in turn, provide
solutions to the questions which they send to their subscribers via
criminally-inclined websites, SMS and WhatsApp, even as this is against our
regulation of: use of cell phones in the examination hall is not allowed,” the
statement read.
The exam body also revealed that
“some culprits, who were caught in the act in Bauchi, Nasarawa and Rivers
states, have been arrested and will be prosecuted.”
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