Examination Malpractice: Bauchi Gov’t Procures Machines to Curb Menace

By Idris Ayinde

Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has procured Kord printing and Polar cutting machines in order to curb the menace of examination malpractice in the state.

The state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru stated this at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday.

She said that the move would go a long way in ensuring effective service delivery as it concerns effective conduct of examinations in the whole state.

According to her, with the purchase of the machines, there is going to be swift conduct of examinations as the state would be producing its own papers, exam questions, answer sheets, attendant sheets and everything that is printable at the heart of the ministry of education.

“Now, there is total control of the examinations. There won’t be anything like the leaking of the exam questions and any other forms of exam malpractice associated with examinations.

“Before now, we used to give it out as a contract for someone to print for us, sometimes outside the state and it cost a lot of money and now there is going to be savings from the conduct of these examinations.

“It also upgraded the examination directorate with skills on how to operate because apart from purchasing the machine, we also provided training for the staff of the directorate and now they are the ones operating the machines.

The staff at the examination directorate are so excited for this because the machines would also lessen their job hardship. For instance, these machines would enable them to print hundreds if not thousands of papers within one hour,” she said.

The commissioner explained that prior to the purchase of the machines, if students were paying N1,500 for Basic Education Certification Examination (BECE), they would now only pay N1,000 this year.

She said apart from improving quality and service delivery, the state government was also reducing the hardship on the citizens when it comes to the education service delivery.

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