By Tina George, Minna
In its determination to discourage examination malpractice in schools, the National Examinations Council (NECO) may derecognize Fabian Kings and Queens International School in Kaduna.
This is following a report by the authorities of Signature Television about alleged infractions at the school that night lead to malpractice during the 2020 internal Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE.
This was contained in a statement by the head of information and public relations division, Azeez Sani and made available to Journalists in Minna.
“Authorities of Signature Television had on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 alerted the National Examinations Council (NECO) of some infractions at one of the examination centres, Fabian Kings and Queens International School, Kabala West, Kaduna with Centre Number (0140721) that may lead to malpractice during the just concluded 2020 SSCE (Internal).
“Based on the Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, it swung swiftly into action by flagging the centre, identifying and isolating all the candidates’ scripts for scrutiny.
“Following this action, the Council constituted an administrative committee to investigate the allegation to enable the Council to take appropriate actions.
“If found culpable, the entire results of the candidates will be cancelled, the school will be derecognized and those examination officials involved in the act will be prosecuted in accordance with the Examination Malpractice Decree 33 of 1999,” the statement reads.
The Council commended the authorities of Signature Television for their interest in ensuring the sanctity of public examination and enjoined stakeholders to emulate this gesture.
In a related development, the examination body announced the resumption of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in all states and the FCT from Monday 9th November 2020.
It would be recalled that NECO postponed the examinations indefinitely on Monday 25th October 2020 due to security challenges occasioned by the ENDSARS protests which disrupted the smooth conduct of the examinations in some parts of the country.
“The National Examinations Council (NECO) wishes to inform candidates, schools and other stakeholders of the resumption of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in all states and the FCT from Monday 9th November 2020.
“This new timetable will be made available to the general public, schools and candidates from Wednesday 4th November 2020. The timetable can also be seamlessly downloaded from the NECO official website”, the statement reads.
