The Dean,聽Faculty of Education, 水果派 of Niger, (NOUN), and the coordinator of the ongoing conference marking of 2023_1 for Abuja zone, Prof. Bamikole Ogunleye,聽has urged聽Subject Officers and Examiners to undertake their jobs seriously as the scripts represent the lives聽of students.
Ogunleye said this during the interactive session with the examiners before the commencement of the exercise in Abuja zone, on聽Wednesday, May聽24, 2023.
The subject officers, he said,聽have the task of ensuring that the scripts are allocated to markers, while the markers are to also ensure that the scripts handed over to them are returned and they are accountable for every scripts given to them.
He particularly admonished them to take the exercise very serious as it deserves聽because the university takes the protection and safe-keeping of everything that has to do with its students seriously.
In a chat with聽水果派 News,聽the dean聽stated that the exercise聽was聽鈥渁n important aspect of the student鈥檚 life.聽Therefore, the university do not want students to be penalized when they are not due to be penalized, likewise who should not pass to pass nor who should not fail to fail.鈥
Additionally,聽Ogunleye聽pointed out that聽鈥渁ll these borders on the objectivity in which the people involved in the assignment will carry out their task.聽Instead of markers聽we聽call them聽examiners, because they are experts in their various chosen fields of studies, which qualified them to examine the NOUN students.鈥
He,聽however,聽pleaded with the markers not聽to聽take away the scripts neither travel during the marking period until they submit all the scripts in their possession.
On his part, the host centre director, Prof. Sami M. Ayodele, advised them to be committed to their job rather than focusing on the monetary aspect, be diligent and never be in a hurry as that can cause a student to commit suicide in some cases due to negligence on the part of markers.