In accordance with their faith, no less than 15 persons have voluntarily returned their Senior Secondary School Certificate to the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) as restitute for their involvement in exam malpractices. These individuals, were among numerous persons that had approach WAEC through letters seeking restitution after confessing to their crime as at the time they sat for the exams.
The returned certificates were void by the Nigeria Examination Council (NEC) at its 53rd meeting following a request by WAEC for the certificate to be void in accordance with the council's act.
The returned certificates by the Born Again Christians were both for the May/June (internal/school candidate) and November/December (external/private candidate) West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A breakdown of the returned certificates were shown to span nearly three (3) decades, the oldest of the certificate was obtained in 1983, while the earliest of the certificate was as recent as 2010.
Christian doctrine encourages faithful to confess to their sins, seek restitution and forgiveness. In a bible verse, it was stated that:
"When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt, he shall confess the sin that he has committed. And he shall make full restitution for his wrong."
This could have been the motivation for born again who returned their certificate. In Nigeria, examination malpractice is an offence that carries a long jail time and or a heavy fine for the offender.
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