Oyo State government has declared that it may start enforcing ‘Examination Malpractice Act’ against anyone caught cheating during examination as enshrined in the 1999 Federal Constitution.
The Act stipulates a three years’ jail term or fine of N100, 000 or both for anyone caught and found guilty of compromising exam ethics in the country.
Speaking on the issue with Journalists in Ibadan, the Chairman, Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission, (TESCOM), Pastor Akinade Alamu said the state government has so far adopted administrative measures in addressing examination malpractices in the State.
He said with the present administration’s policy on education, the war against examination malpractice is being won.
“It will be recalled that earlier in the year, the Oyo State Government suspended teachers on the premise of examination malpractices during the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.”
Pastor Alamu, while commending the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and other teaching bodies for their support emphasized that the state government would not hesitate to see that the laws guiding the conduct of public exams in the country takes its full course.
