Fight against corruption, bad governance will curb exam malpractice – Investor

More efforts towards fights against corruption, bad governance would curb examination malpractice and rebuild the country, a real estate investor, My ACE-China, has said.

China affirmed that exam malpractice can be eradicated completely if the leaders and relevant authorities become intentional towards living by example which will build good characters among the citizens.

China therefore, called for intensified efforts in fighting corruption in Nigeria, saying such is the starting point in rebuilding Nigeria.

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The Mayor of Housing spoke at the 2024 graduation ceremony of the Airforce Secondary School Port Harcourt where he donated almost N2 million to both the school and the three best graduating students as well as the cultural performing groups.

China noted that there are many schools but only those with discipline to chisel out character would command value than others.

He said: “Certificates are given for character and learning. It is not for nothing that character is placed before learning in awarding certificates.

“You cannot cheat in an examination when the space between you and the next student is so big you cannot see what the next student is writing or where there are 15 invigilators standing over 30 students.

“You cannot cheat when you are properly searched and you know the rules: if you make pim or you open shim, you go. Those strong disciplines are the reason why some of us are crying for discipline to return to our school system.”

He said malpractice is not the fault of the students, nor that of the economy. “It is the fault of the schools making the conditions possible. Like Robert Maclayland of Harvard said, an environment creates 95% of who you are and what you do.

“So, if you set up an environment that eliminates exam malpractice, nobody will cheat. This can be put to test, and I can be made to invigilate a class. Let me see how anybody will cheat. Eradication is simply by tackling the environment of malpractice.”

He encouraged the students to focus on hard work, saying it produces strong children who live easy and make their parents live easy but that soft training produces children who have to live the hard way and make their parents miserable.

The Commandant, Group Captain B.S. Rindaps, noted that the authorities put everything in place to eliminate exam malpractice. “For instance, in an examination hall, students are from different classes. You cannot sit with your classmate.”

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, represented by the Commissioner of Education, Dr Ovy Chinedum Chukwuma, said the state government has been partnering with this school and assured readiness for more partnership to create values and make impacts.

The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, encouraged the students to embrace technology, be disciplined and diligent in their studies.