The Rivers State branch of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) board has blamed parents and leaders of communities for examination malpractices in the state.

Speaking with The Tide in his office recently, the Public Relations Officer of the Board, Mr Dimiary Franklin said the issue of examination malpractice cannot only be checked by the government, adding that, it is a joint responsibility of everybody, parents, community and the society, including the government.

According to him, often times, parents and some community leaders go the extra mile to ensure that their children and wards get all the required papers by involving experts to write exams for them.

“What I think is important for parents and communities to do is to provide the necessary things for the students to pass their exams, such as books and school materials that can enable the children to learn appropriately to enable them pass their exams”, he said.

He continued, “if the children are well monitored and necessary books provided, there is no way such children will not enter an examination hall with confidence.”

Mr. Franklin, noted that our own duty as a board is to ensue that teachers go to their classrooms and teach the students according.

We give the teachers the right environment, infrastructure and also provide materials regularly to enable them carryout their functions effectively.

On how to ensure that the teachers are properly monitored, he said, the department of supervision and quality control assurance regularly visit the schools to check the lesson notes of students and the lesson notes of teachers to ascertain the reports provided by the teachers to the board.

He advised students to take their examination serious saying that the Ministry of Education will not take it easy if any one is caught in examination malpractice.

Sogbeba Dokubo