The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on Thursday, announced that examination certificates would now feature three key identifiers: national identification numbers, candidates’ photos, and birthdates, to ensure the authenticity of results.
Alausa, who described examination malpractice as a growing threat, warned that allowing it to persist would undermine the efforts of diligent students striving to improve themselves.
Speaking during the inauguration of the Committee on Improvement of Quality Examinations in Nigeria in Abuja, the minister said registrars of examination bodies had been ordered to implement this by the next examination periods.
He said, “I’ve mandated all the registrars of our examination bodies, such as WAEC, NECO, and NAPTEB, that by their next examinations scheduled for May, June, and July, there will be three identifiers on the certificates they issue.
“These identifiers will be the national…
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