Six teachers and invigilators have reportedly been arrested by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for participating in different forms of test misconduct during the current West African Senior School Certificate test (WASSCE).
The teachers were detained during the first week of the WASSCE, along with a “overwhelming” number of students from both public and private schools across the nation, according to John Kappi, Head of Public Affairs at WAEC.
It was discovered that the six detained educators had written responses for applicants in addition to committing other offenses.
He said:
“In terms of teachers, I can say so far, we have about six of them who have been picked up for various offences.
“The candidates are a lot of them. It is not easy to give the number right now. We are still putting together the figures, and as and when we are able to compile the list, we will be able to put out the figure.”
“We have picked up in some of the areas where we were told that they wanted to collect money, and then assist the candidates. We have realised that there has been a lot of… We set our monitors around – there were actually widespread examination malpractices.
“They were able to pick up a number of them. In fact, it’s overwhelming. We have looked at the numbers, and basically, it’s about them having foreign material on them and then, in some cases, there’s a report about them writing on the board for the candidates to copy,”
Mr. Kappi promised that everyone engaged will face consequences in line with the examination’s regulations.
Three Serwaa Nyarko SHS applicants from the Ashanti region, however, have chosen not to take part in the current WASSCE.
The assistant headmaster, Rev. Richard Benson, reports that the school has not been able to get in touch with two of the candidates.
During the Serwaa Nyarko Senior High School, 792 applicants registered for the WASSCE this year.
Rev. Benson stated, “Three are absent out of the 792,” in an interview with JoyNews. We do not know the reason for the absence of two people, but one has left the country.
He also noted that no examination malpractice has been recorded at the school.
“We realised that the students move out frequently during the paper (ostensibly to urinate), so we had to restrict them,” he said.
