NOA Intensifies Sensitization Against Cultism, Examination Malpractice In Schools

By: Obiorah Anthony

The National Orientation Agency has inaugurated the second phase of the youth re-orientation programme titled “Building Youths for the New Anambra”.

The event aimed at campaigning against cultism, exam-malpractices, substance abuse and suicide took place at comprehensive secondary school Nawfia.
Addressing students of the school at their Assembly ground, the State Director of the National Orientation Agency in Anambra State, Mr Charles Nwoji, maintained that the issue of cultism, exam-malpractice, substance abuse and suicide, have eaten deep into the society.
Mr Nwoji, who was represented by the Deputy Director Programme of the Agency in Awka, Sir Joseph Uchendu, warned the young students to report any person or group of persons who have the intention of luring them into cultism, exam-malpractice, substance abuse and suicide for the school authority to take urgent action.

Mr Nwoji, a lawyer who noted that National Orientation Agency is taking the war Against Cultism, Exam-malpractice, Substance Abuse and Suicide to all schools in the state with a view to catching the students young, said that the schools have a great role to play in building the desired new Anambra state.

He educated the students on the causes and prevention of the Lassa fever and coronavirus and advised the students to form the habit of washing their hands with soap or ash whenever they come back from school before eating any food.

The principal Executive Officer of the Agency in the programmes department, Mrs Ifeyinwa Izuakor, who dwelt mainly on the causes and effects of exam-malpractice, described education as the bedrock of the society, saying that all hands should be on deck in the fight against the monster among the students.

Some of the students who spoke at the event, thanked National Orientation Agency for the choice of the school for the programme and assured that they will put the regular rehearsal of the programme into practice as they work towards becoming responsible children in the society, while the principal of the school, Reverend Otiji, said that the parents, hold the key in the fight against abuse in the society.