The National Examinations Council (NECO), has threatened to blacklist and cancel the results of the entire candidates who sat for its ongoing examination in Fabian Kings and Queens International School, Kabala West, Kaduna, over alleged examination malpractices.
The Examination Council made this known in a statement signed and made available to Journalists, by the Council’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani.
”The 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” the statement read.
NECO also threatened that the school would be de-recognised and examination officials involved in the act prosecuted in accordance with the Examination Malpractice Decree 33 of 1999.
The council commended the authorities of Signature Television for their interest in ensuring the “sanctity of public examination”. They further made known that a committee has been set up to investigate allegations of malpractice against some candidates indicted.
