The minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyat Rufai, while briefing State
House Correspondents in the Federal Executive Council weekly
meeting yesterday announced that from now on, any students caught in exams malpractice
will face a five year jail term or N200,000 fine or both.
The new law
states: “(Any candidate caught cheating) shall not take or be allowed to take
or continue the examination; in addition, he shall be prohibited from taking
any examination held or conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period
of two years immediately following upon such contraventions. If a candidate abovementioned
has already taken any papers at the examination, his result shall be cancelled.
In addition, the
candidate may be prosecuted and if found guilty, shall be liable on conviction
to a fine of N200, 000 or imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such
fine and imprisonment.”
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