WAEC Reveals How Some Candidates Forget Their 'Expo' In Answer Booklets

WAEC Reveals How Some Candidates Forget Their 'Expo' In Answer Booklets

 

 

 

The reason why many candidates forget their materials used for examination malpractice popularly know as ‘Expo’ in the booklets during WAEC exams, has been revealed. 

Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Punch newspaper, Demianus Ojijeogu, the Public Relations Officer of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), revealed that some exam candidates who are in a hurry to submit their answer booklets to invigilators, forget their expo (materials used for examination malpractice) in their answer booklets.

 

While noting that some other candidates use different answer booklets from its authorised copies, he added that the council had reduced the incidence of impersonation in its examinations through its biometric registration process

“We encounter malpractice during the examination and during marking. Some leave the expo in the answer booklets. We see that all the time. Others use other answer booklets different from the council’s own. But, we discover these things during marking because the booklets do not have our serial numbers and they are not usually signed by the supervisors. Supervisors usually sign the booklets before they are given to the candidates.

“We have been able to handle impersonation through our biometric process but there is still collusion where candidates will copy exactly the same answers usually dictated by a teacher. We have our invigilators but the number is limited.  When you leave the centre or before we get there, they will do what they want,” he said.

 

He added that the council was still dealing with challenges of collusion, which involved teachers aiding candidates during examination.

 

Speaking further in the interview, Ojijeogu, disclosed that some candidates harassed supervisors, adding that the development had forced the council to adopt a more discreet approach in making announcements regarding examination malpractice.

 

“We no longer make noise about examination malpractice because examination supervision is a hazardous job. When candidates engage in malpractice, we just take their number and they fill a form. Some of our workers have been held hostage, female supervisors have been harassed. It is a hazardous job,” he added.