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Kogi State Government has vowed
to deal ruthlessly with any principal of Secondary School in the
state who allows external candidate to register for National
Examination Council (NECO) and West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)
in their various schools.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Chief
Sylvester Onoja, who gave the warning while monitoring the conduct
of the on-going NECO Examination across the state, noted that some
principals still register external candidates to sit for NECO
Examination in the schools despite the earlier warning.
He expressed dismay over the principals’ non-compliance with the
Ministry’s directive not to allow the registration of external
candidates for WAEC and NECO, stressing that such candidates are
supposed to register for external General Certificate Examination (GCE)
in October/November.
Chief Onoja observed that most of the examination malpractices and
mis-conducts such as threatening to fight the invigilators during
the examination are perpetrated by the so-called external candidates
who want to get success by all means.
He also urged the principals in the state to operate their academic
activities within the confine of the school academic calendar issued
by the Ministry of Education, noting with dismay that many schools
were on vacation during his visit.
Chief Onoja explained that no principal has authority to close down
the school after the completion of terminal examinations, saying
that the schools must close according to the date of closure
contained in the school calendar.
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