Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abayomi Arigbabu, has assured of the readiness of the Government to ensure one hundred percent eradication of loop holes for examination malpractices in both public and private schools in the state.
Arigbabu, gave this assurance during a meeting with some stakeholders in the education sector at Lisabi Grammar School, Idi-Aba in Abeokuta, emphasising that the Ministry would sanitise the whole school system and would not hesitate to sanction any individuals or schools caught with any form of examination malpractices.
The Commissioner hinted that the Ministry would synergise with examination bodies especially West African Examination Council to make sure that there would be improvement in the examination processes, urging stakeholders to ensure that the State image remained unstained by remaining good ambassadors in their day to day activities.
He commended the Federal Government for giving the directives that ‘no student should be admitted into Senior Secondary School (SSS3) classes’, saying it was a welcome development that would also curb malpractices in schools to the barest minimum.
“In Ogun State, we have done a lot to curb the problem of examination malpractices to a very large extent. Let us work together to ensure that it becomes a thing of the past in the State,” the Commissioner stated.
Earlier in her opening remarks, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Oluwatosin Oloko, enjoined teachers and school owners to shun every form of practices that could tarnish their image as well as jeopardise the future of the learners, saying they keep their integrity intact.
Responding, two teachers from both the Federal Government Girls College Sagamu and Idogo/Ipaja Community High School, Idogo, Yewa south Mr. James Owolabani and Mr. Adewale Adenuga respectively, commended the Commissioner on the initiatives and innovations introduced to curb anomalies in order to provide qualitative education to every child in the State.
