Sierra Leone News: Exam malpractice on the increase

Politics

The West African Exam Council (WAEC) has expressed concern over the rising incidences of malpractices by candidates who sit for examinations. The Registrar of WAEC, Dr. Uyi Uwadiae, lamented the malpractice development. At the 65th Annual Meeting of the Council in Abuja, “The development of malpractice is mind-boggling, despite the punitive measures being adopted by governments of the member-countries of the examination body.” According to the Registrat, 2,223,819 sat for international examinations in 2016. There were 1,887,491 school candidates and 336,328 private candidates in all member countries. According to him, a country-by-country analysis of the total enrolment figures showed that Nigeria topped the chart of the countries with the highest number of candidates with 1,729,382 candidates (or 77.77%), Ghana followed with 402, 607 or 18.10% while Sierra Leone came third with 65,456 or 2.94% enrolment. In the Gambia, 15,954 candidates or 0.72% enlisted for the exams and in Liberia the piloting of the examination, which was interrupted by Ebola resumed with 10,420 school candidates or 0.47%. Uwadiae added that WAEC’s main national examinations were conducted for 878,880 candidates in 2016, of which 79,015 candidates (or 8.99%) enrolled in The Gambia, 465,576 (or 52.97%) in Ghana, 116,897 (or 13.30%) in Liberia and 217,392 (or 24.74%) in Sierra Leone. Friday March 24, 2017.

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