The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria office has issued a warning about the activities of rogue website owners attempting to discredit the ongoing 2022 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
Candidates who use operators of fraudulent tutorial websites that specialise in luring unsuspecting WASSCE candidates under the guise of leaking live question papers may not have results after six years of secondary school education, according to the council.
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This is contained in a release made available to education writers on Wednesday by Moyosola Adeyegbe, the Acting Head of Public Affairs, WAEC National Office, Yaba, Lagos.
The Council warned parents, school owners, and the general public about unwholesome activities being carried out by some unscrupulous elements during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2022.
Mrs. Adeyegbe stated that the Council is aware of “these vile individuals, most especially the “Rogue Website Operators,” who are hell-bent on sabotaging the noble efforts and concrete arrangements put in place by the West African Examinations Council to ensure the successful conduct of the examination.”
“Candidates are hereby sternly warned that there are no shortcuts to exam success.” Any candidate caught in this act will be sanctioned as approved by the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC), the Council’s highest decision-making organ on examination-related matters. It will be painful for them to spend six years in secondary school with no results to show for their learning and efforts.
“WAEC would like to take this opportunity to advise parents to encourage their children/wards to study hard and to refrain from patronising these evil peddlers who are all out to destroy their children/wards’ destiny.” Parents are also advised to stop funding these illegal acts.
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“May we also use this medium to urge the various Ministries of Education to warn invigilators, supervisors, school administrators, and school owners who are fond of extorting and harassing candidates to pay for “Examination Settlement” that such actions will not be tolerated, and any school caught will face appropriate sanctions.”
