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WAEC Delists 50 Secondary Schools Over Examinatio­n Malpractic­es In Oyo

- BY ADEBAYO WAHEED, Ibadan

No fewer than 50 public and private secondary schools in Oyo State have been delisted by the West African Examinatio­n Council (WAEC) over alleged examinatio­n malpractic­es.

An Ibadan-based educationi­st, Lanre Gbadebo who disclosed this to journalist­s, blamed the state government for exposing students to examinatio­n Malpractic­es.

He advised the government to stop playing politics with education which he described as a hallmark of developmen­t.

According to him, WAEC delisted 50 secondary schools in Oyo State for their involvemen­t in examinatio­n malpractic­e during the 2022 West African Senior School Certificat­e Examinatio­ns.

Gbadebo said governors in the south west states have failed their people for not providing quality education, just as he condemned the plan by Academic Staff Union of Universiti­es (ASUU) to embark on another strike.

The educationi­st noted that the entire secondary schools in the state were guilty of examinatio­n malpractic­es.

He said; “When government fails to provide basic teaching equipment, it is a must for education to suffer. I wrote a paper two years ago and I complained about the effect of investing in examinatio­n malpractic­e in Oyo

State.

"That is what is playing out now. The current government wishes to prove that it invested in education but failed to teach students. I hope we get it right,” he said.

The delisted public schools included Olodo Community Gramm Sch, Olodo, Community High School. Kasumu, Ajia ilupeju Community High School, Alugbo, Osegere Olukeye Community High Sch, Osegere, Idi-Ito High School, Erunmu, Owo Community Grammar School, Owo, Progressiv­e Secondary Grammar School, Community Secondary Sch, OkeOlola, Oyo, Community Grammar School, Kajorepo, Community High School, Ajase/Jabata, among others.

 ?? ?? L-R: Ivorian artist and headline author, Veronique Tadjo; winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah; Founder, Ake Festival, Lola Shoneyin, and executive director, Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi Odubiyi, during the 10th Ake Books and Arts Festival opening ceremony in Lagos at the weekend
L-R: Ivorian artist and headline author, Veronique Tadjo; winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, Prof Abdulrazak Gurnah; Founder, Ake Festival, Lola Shoneyin, and executive director, Sterling Bank Plc, Yemi Odubiyi, during the 10th Ake Books and Arts Festival opening ceremony in Lagos at the weekend

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