To restate its commitment
to fighting examination malpractices to the barest level and enforcing
discipline, the management of The Polytechnic Ibadan has ordered that mobile
phones, worth millions of naira, which were confiscated from the students
during examinations be set on fire.
The Deputy Rector of the
institution, Bayo Oyeleke, addressing journalists on Wednesday, at the Ibadan
campus of the institution said the authorities have resolved to ensuring that
the examinations of the Polytechnic are sacred.
According to Oyeleke, the
phones worth millions of naira were recovered from the students during
examination in the school and that the school has decided to burn the phones to
restate its commitment to fight examination malpractices to the barest level.
“We are here to take
further action on our resolved to ensure that the crop of students and product
being produced by the school are students with exemplary character and are
those who really work and worth the certificate of the institution.”
He said
He further said there are
rules guiding the school examination and that any student that goes against any
of the rules will be made to dance to the music.
“There are rules guiding
the principles of our examinations and one of it is that no student under
whatever guise should come into the examination hall with cell phones but you
know that some students are very recalcitrant
“We have resolved to
confiscate them because it has been expressly stated on their examination paper
that any phone found on any students during examination shall be confiscated
and in order not to allow any of the phones to filter out, the school has
resolved that such phones shall be burnt,” he said.
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