By Victoria Okpanachi
In it’s determined effort to uphold academic integrity, Kogi State Government has vowed to sanction principals, teachers and supervisors found aiding students to perpetrate examination malpractices.
Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Honourable Wemi Jones made this known in Lokoja, during a meeting with some principals and Supervisors indicted by WAEC for examination malpractices in the 2023/2024 examinations.
Speaking further while handing down the warning to the indicated officials, Hon.Jones, revealed that the West African Examination Council de -recognized 13 Schools and blacklisted 14 supervisors for various degree of examination malpractices in the 2023/2024 examinations in the State.
According to the commissioner, examination malpractices is a criminal offence and that the perpetrators will be punished in accordance with Kogi State Education Law and Other Matters Connected Therewith, 2020.
He stated that a committee headed by the Permanent Secretary will be set up to investigate personalities that were indicted by WAEC and that whoever was found wanting, will be prosecuted in the law court.
Hon.Jones stressed that the state has invested so much in education and will no longer tolerate the attitude of the “bad eggs” drawing back the progress already made in the sector.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Dr. Jibrin Alhaji admonished the principals and supervisors to desist from such act, saying that their actions were not just robbing the state but destroying the future of the students.
He urged them to have a sober reflection of their actions as posterity will judge everyone according to his/ her deeds.
The Permanent Secretary lamented that while some teachers were being called out for awards, it will be wrong for them to be called out for condemnations.
Dr.Jibrin condemned the teachers involved in examination malpractice while expressing disappointment that such acts persist despite the significant investments the state was making in education.
He used the forum to stress that anyone found guilty of such misconduct will face strict and severe sanctions.
