By Ignatius Chukwu & Delight Clifford
The consistent zero-tolerance to cheating and exam fraud seems to attract the attention of industry leaders, administrators, educationists, and exam bodies home and abroad to Showers Cristian School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The latest encomiums have emanated from West African Examination Council (WAEC) where the zonal officers have noted the efforts of the management of Showers to enforce exam success without fraud.
The commendation was showered on Showers at the weekend when the school held a cultural day to help make every student from the school a total child.
Speaking, Mr Ejiofor Livinus, who represented Mr John Zakka, the Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator of WAEC in Port Harcourt, said Shower’s Christian School has carved a name for itself as a school with zero tolerance to examination malpractices.
He said this has impacted positively in the result of the school. “This is very commendable and we encourage the school to keep it up. The trend in the society is parents encouraging and even sponsoring their children and wards to perpetrate examination malpractices. This is a cankerworm that will do us no good.”
He went on: “It affects the children in all facets of life because it leaves them with lack of confidence in themselves.
“The west African Examinations Council conducts three diets of examinations in a year where candidates can avail themselves of the opportunity. The first is usually in February West African School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates first series; the second is WASSCE for school candidates usually in May/June; the third is WASSCE private candidates second series in November.”
He said the results are always released in good time to enable the candidates use it for admission purposes. “WAEC has introduced the computer-based test (CBT) and it was experimented successfully in this year 2024 WASSCE private candidates first series examination. It’s hoped to be extended to the other diets of the examination.”
The chairman of the Cultural Day, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, one time Commissioner of Information and Communications in Rivers State, harped on what cultural awareness does to protect a growing child when in contact with other cultural influences.
The proprietress of the school, Mrs Ekama Emilia Akpan, explained the inspiration and motivation for the introduction of the yearly cultural day, saying all major tribes were represented in the activities the children delivered.
Most of the guests were amazed at how the students could handle cultural activities other than theirs in cooking, dance, and drama.
WAEC official showers encomiums on Showers Christian School over zero-tolerance to exam fraud
