Proprietor blames parents for students' exam malpractice in Nigeria

The Proprietor of Great Scholars Nursery and Primary School, Ilorin, Kayode Olutimi, has advised parents to stop encouraging their wards to engage in exam malpractice.

Olutimi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ilorin, on Friday. He blamed parents for the rate of examination cheats in the country.

According to him, there are parents who want short cut for their children to pass their examinations. He said that such parents enroll their children in special centres to write their papers when the test is organised by public examination bodies.

"They prefer to pay any amount for their children to pass their papers without doing any proper reading.

"It is shameful and sad when we see things like this happening in the country. Parents should not be the ones to encourage such act.

"You are gradually ruining your children’s future. What is the essence of them having a certificate they cannot defend? This is very pathetic,” he said.

He said nemesis would catch up with them in the future if they continued to push their children unjustifiably. The proprietor advised parents to encourage their children to read and prepare for their exams, rather than supporting them to cheat.