I hope that this is not going on in Gambia too.

Momodou Camara

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LAGOS, Nov 5 (AFP) - Examination fraud at Nigerian secondary schools is on
the increase and teachers, headmasters and parents are actively involved,
an official said Tuesday.
   "At times parents and other relations as well as communities are
involved in this nefarious act," the registrar of the National Examinations
Council, Dibu Ojerinde, said on state radio.
   "School teachers and even principals are now involved in the
perpetration of this vice ... and the crime appears to be on the increase,"
he lamented.
   He also confirmed the existence of syndicates which collude with
candidates, teachers and parents to commit exam fraud.
   Syndicates leak examination papers, alter marks and arrange for people
to sit examinations on behalf of original candidates for pecuniary
benefits.
   In the past two years, more than 15,000 students of tertiary academic
institutions, especially universities, across the country have been
expelled for gaining admission with forged documents.

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