The Government of Imo state set up a monitoring committee checkmate malpractice, as the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) started.

Imo state commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike, announced this while speaking with the press in Owerri, the state capital on 8th May, 2023.

The former Head of Department of History and International Studies at the Imo State University, Owerri, Nwadike, noted that all possible means of encouraging examination malpractice should be eliminated.

Meanwhile, Nwadike said the committee would roam from one part of the state to another to ensure strict compliance with set standards for the examination.

He said a special team had also been set up to monitor members of the committee and make it difficult for them to compromise standard.

He added, “We interacted with the WAEC Coordinator in Imo, carried out sensitisation in schools, on the need for principals to nominate as supervisors those who can protect their integrity.

 “We also organised a workshop for supervisors, where we told them that violations of guidelines for the exams would attract sanctions such as suspension, demotion or outright dismissal.”

Additionally, he affirmed that candidates in the state would not lack any necessary items needed, noting that reagents and chemicals required for laboratory tests are ready.

He, however assured indigenes of Imo that the ministry was working in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure the release of all outstanding results for the previous year WASSCE.

Nwadike advice the candidates, schools and supervisors in Imo, to cooperate with the ministries in other to enable a smooth conduct of the WASSCE examinations in the state.