President Muhammadu Buhari has
expressed concern over the menace of
examination malpractices and fake
certificates in the country .
He also condemned the spate at which
public servants and individuals of
questionable wealth were being
celebrated with alumni recognitions,
honorary degrees, chieftaincy titles
and sometimes higher religious titles .
According to him, cheating in
examination and attainment of fake
certificates among Nigerians had
become a normal thing because of
collapse of values in the society.
Buhari represented by Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo (SAN ), expressed this
view on Tuesday in Abuja, during the
65 th Annual Council Meeting of the
West African Examinations Council
with the theme, “ 65 years of
commitment to excellence in
educational assessment .”
He said , “ Today the attainment of
wealth, power or educational influence
is the mark of success which is not
necessarily a bad thing except we are
no longer concerned with the process
of attaining success.”
“ The end it appears today justifies the
means which explains why cheating in
examinations and fake certificates
simply do not generate the sort of
outrage that such conduct would have
generated years ago.
“ Public servants and many in the
private sectors who have
unexplainable wealth are celebrated
in one form or the other , alumni
recognitions, honorary degrees,
chieftaincy titles and even higher
religious titles .
“ Often , cheating is with the collusion
of parents and teachers. This only
reflects the failure of values in our
larger society. Educational policy
within that milieu of collapsed value
failure is a totally different type of
task when values in society have
collapsed . When values in the society
have been upturned , the role of the
policy maker is completely different
from when values are maintained by
and large . ”
The President said Nigerians are no
longer concerned about the process of
attaining success because the end
justifies the means for them .
Such collapse in value, he explained ,
has made it difficult for policy makers
to effect change in the society.
Buhari therefore called for a change in
education curricula to reflect modern
teaching methods .
He said , “ It is much more important
today to emphasise also how we should
teach which will obviously impact how
we should examine, what questions we
should be asking and what we should
be looking for in our students. But
regarding what we should teach , it is
my respective view , more important
now than ever before to redefine
success.”
Earlier in his remarks, Registrar of
Council , WAEC , Dr. Uyi Uwadiae , said
examination malpractices remained a
major challenge for the council .
While declaring that the consequences
of malpractices were grave , he called
for collaboration to tackle the scourge.
Uwadiae also called for the
strengthening and enforcement of
existing legislations to combat
malpractices.
The Minister of Education , Mallam
Adamu Adamu, in his remarks, said
the Federal Government had rolled out
programmes to combat some of the
challenges facing education in the
country .
“ The government has also entered into
collaboration with several
international development partners on
these issues,” he said .
expressed concern over the menace of
examination malpractices and fake
certificates in the country .
He also condemned the spate at which
public servants and individuals of
questionable wealth were being
celebrated with alumni recognitions,
honorary degrees, chieftaincy titles
and sometimes higher religious titles .
According to him, cheating in
examination and attainment of fake
certificates among Nigerians had
become a normal thing because of
collapse of values in the society.
Buhari represented by Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo (SAN ), expressed this
view on Tuesday in Abuja, during the
65 th Annual Council Meeting of the
West African Examinations Council
with the theme, “ 65 years of
commitment to excellence in
educational assessment .”
He said , “ Today the attainment of
wealth, power or educational influence
is the mark of success which is not
necessarily a bad thing except we are
no longer concerned with the process
of attaining success.”
“ The end it appears today justifies the
means which explains why cheating in
examinations and fake certificates
simply do not generate the sort of
outrage that such conduct would have
generated years ago.
“ Public servants and many in the
private sectors who have
unexplainable wealth are celebrated
in one form or the other , alumni
recognitions, honorary degrees,
chieftaincy titles and even higher
religious titles .
“ Often , cheating is with the collusion
of parents and teachers. This only
reflects the failure of values in our
larger society. Educational policy
within that milieu of collapsed value
failure is a totally different type of
task when values in society have
collapsed . When values in the society
have been upturned , the role of the
policy maker is completely different
from when values are maintained by
and large . ”
The President said Nigerians are no
longer concerned about the process of
attaining success because the end
justifies the means for them .
Such collapse in value, he explained ,
has made it difficult for policy makers
to effect change in the society.
Buhari therefore called for a change in
education curricula to reflect modern
teaching methods .
He said , “ It is much more important
today to emphasise also how we should
teach which will obviously impact how
we should examine, what questions we
should be asking and what we should
be looking for in our students. But
regarding what we should teach , it is
my respective view , more important
now than ever before to redefine
success.”
Earlier in his remarks, Registrar of
Council , WAEC , Dr. Uyi Uwadiae , said
examination malpractices remained a
major challenge for the council .
While declaring that the consequences
of malpractices were grave , he called
for collaboration to tackle the scourge.
Uwadiae also called for the
strengthening and enforcement of
existing legislations to combat
malpractices.
The Minister of Education , Mallam
Adamu Adamu, in his remarks, said
the Federal Government had rolled out
programmes to combat some of the
challenges facing education in the
country .
“ The government has also entered into
collaboration with several
international development partners on
these issues,” he said .
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