NEC Approves Cancellation Of Withheld WAEC Results Over Exam Malpractice

After the 62nd meeting of NEC WAEC held in Lagos, the Nigeria
Examinations Committee (NEC), of the West African Examinations Council
(WAEC) issued communique approving appropriate sanctions in all
established cases of malpractice in line with the rules and
regulations governing the conduct of its examinations.
An inside source collated that the entire results and subject results
of candidates involved in proven cases of exam malpractice would be
cancelled. Also the sanction was extended to some students not to sit
in any WAEC or WAEC- realted exams for some stipulated years.
Schools indicted in exam malpractice will be de-recognised and their
Principals reported to the Ministry of Education for disciplinary
action while erring Supervisors will be blacklisted.

The communique, stated that these decisions of the Committee will be
implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools will
be duly informed by the Council.
The Committee said further that some candidates would also suffer
other sanctions such as barring them from
According to the communique, The decisions of the Committee will be
implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools will
be duly informed by the Council.

The committee also resolved that following cases of schools writing on
the chalk board for their students to copy, any school that is warned
for abetting and aiding exam malpractice up to 3 times within a period
of 5 years will be de-recognized.