Some Senior High Schools who denied officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) from entering their premises will be punished.
This is according to the Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch) after receiving reports that said, officials detailed to supervise the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) we not allowed access to classrooms.
Executive Director of Eduwatch, Kofi Adu Asare told the media that the development must not be swept under the carpet.
“If any school prevents WAEC external supervisors from entering their compound to go and invigilate and go and supervise, then it means you are preventing a public officer from undertaking their lawful duties, and I don’t think our law supports that action at all,†he told the media.
WAEC in a statement on September 2, 2022 expressed worry over various examination malpractices which have been witnessed in the ongoing WASSCE across the country.
The examination body further warned school heads and other stakeholders over a report of syndicate cheating among others.
The statement signed by WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe said WAEC will not hesitate to de-recognise schools caught in such malpractices.
WAEC in its statement further noted that the Council in concert with the Ghana Education Service (GES), the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), and other security operatives is working to check infringements of the rules and regulations governing the ongoing examination.
“Intelligence has been received of some school authorities collecting monies from candidates and organising syndicate cheating in their schools. Perpetrators of these acts are being cautioned to desist from the same. The Council has the mandate to de-recognise schools caught engaging in this malpractice. Candidates identified as having colluded would have their results cancelled.â€
Some hotspots have been identified and monitoring of these centres has been intensified, WAEC said in its statement.
