FG Proposes Establishment Of Exams Malpractice Tribunal
The federal government has proposed the establishment of the National Examination Malpractice Court/Tribunal.
The government said the court will see to the prompt prosecution of examination infractions to serve as a deterrent to others.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, in Abuja while receiving a committee report on the improvement of quality examinations.
Affirming the recommendations of the 17-man committee, headed by Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the minister said it would improve the quality of examinations in the country.
Alausa assured the committee members that all the 12-point recommendations would be implemented, noting that the government would deploy all its machinery to fight the menace of examination malpractice.
“Let me assure all the committee members that you have done so much work here and all the recommendations you have given us as a government, we will implement every single one of them.
“All the 12 recommendations that you reeled out, everyone will agree with me today that none of them will be impossible to implement.
“They are all practicable things. Those that will be implemented now, we will do that right away,” he said.
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