The National Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil has warned the senior four candidates to desist from bad behaviors and follow examination regulations.
This came after students at the Standard Secondary School center in Wau refused to be invigilated which resulted in the stoning of the monitors and national security officers.
Hon. Awut threatens the center saying “if such behaviors continue, it will lead to cancelation of the result.
“We have noted with great concern an isolated case in Standard Secondary School in Wau. I, therefore, take this opportunity to warn these candidates to refrain from this breach because if it continues, it can lead to the cancellation of their results “Awut stated,” she said.
Hon. Awut regrets the violation of examination rules where a police station in Nimule harassed the secretary General and National security officers called criminals who want to steal exams.
“Unfortunately, upon arrival at the Police station in Nimule, the Secretary-General and his team of National Security officers were harassed and called criminals who wanted to steal exams in Nimule by a Police officer in charge of the Station and his personnel.”
She condemned such violation, describing it as a gross violation of the Mandate of the Secretary General of exams.
“This is a gross violation of the Mandate of the Secretary General of exams. He has the right under the law to inspect any station anywhere in the Country 24/7 wherever he received an alert of a breach.”
The National minister says she has initiated an investigation into the harassment and intimidation of the Secretary-General and his team by the management of the police station.
“In effect, I have initiated an investigation into this harassment and intimidation of the Secretary-General and his team by the management of these stations and there will be consequences.”
We may end up canceling examination results for the whole County of Magwi or selected stations depending on the recommendations of the investigation, “She stresses.”
Minister highlights the progress of the exams saying it’s going on well despite experiencing a few challenges including seeing some candidates are sick and those in prison cells.
The minister strongly warns all the station officers not to interfere with the work of the Council, citing that the council is mandated by law to offer credible examinations in the Country.
Meanwhile, the Director of the National Examination Council Simon Nyok Deng denied the report of examination markers, describing it as a minor issue that was resolved.
Deng says if the examiners were to strike, the office of the director general was to make a statement.
“What happened was a simple disagreement between the managers at the center and examiners, not even the whole examiners, but their chief examiner, and I resolved that.”
He calls on journalists to seek reliable sources whenever there is such information. This week, more than thirty-five thousand students sit for the Certificate of Secondary Education Exam countrywide which will end on 31st March.