Board Warns Staff against Malpractice as NABTEB Exams Commence

Kuni Tyessi

The Chairman, Governing Board of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Professor Leonard Shilgba has urged the management and staff of the board to do everything possible to ensure a successful, fraud-free conduct of its examinations, which commences across the country.

He directed all monitors of the examinations to name and shame examination centres, including public and private schools where malpractices are allowed to happen.

The chairman also charged the monitors to name and shame individuals, including NABTEB staff of state offices, zonal coordinators and directors that engage in or instigate fraudulent practices such as extortion of money from examination centre owners, undue delay in retrieval of answer booklets, among others.

Shilgba, in a statement signed by the Media and Publicity Consultant of the board, Mr. Tom Chiahimen, said besides naming and shaming anyone who engages in photocopying of question papers, any candidate that might have been made to pay more than N11,500 should report such and the institution.

The statement reads: “Be reminded that any direct or indirect sabotage of your monitoring efforts by any staff or management staff member of NABTEB is a significant and punishable offence, which you should report for prompt and appropriate deterrent sanctions by the board.

”Besides naming and shaming anyone who engages in photocopy of question papers before the subject examination is written, or any candidate who might have been made to pay more than N11,500 should report the person or organisation that did that.”

Shilgba promised to forward the list of all NABTEB examination centres across the country to all board members and advised them to monitor in their states of residence and states of origin.