Two people from the
Ascension Senior High School in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region, have been
arrested by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) over examination
malpractices.
The culprits, an English Literature
teacher and a candidate were caught when the candidate tried to sneak
foreign materials containing solved questions into the exam hall on
Thursday.
According to Joy News, the female
candidate who led agents from the WAEC police depot to her literature
teacher said, the solved question was given to her by the teacher to be
passed on to her colleague candidates.
According to the Chief Inspector of the
WAEC police, Gladys Amenyo, the main suspect was nowhere to be found but
the headmaster of the school has been asked to produce the culprit to
assist in further investigations.
She said the two had been handed over to the WAEC police, but were granted bail Friday morning after interrogation.
She said the situation was disturbing
and asked that WAEC looked for future plans to avert the recurrence of
examination questions leakages.
The ranking member for the Parliamentary
Select Committee on Education, Prof. Dominic Fobih, said the
credentials and the integrity of examination results would be affected
in the foreign and local front.
Mr Fobih, suggested “harsher measures” in curbing the periodic canker.
He said, WAEC should be left alone to
handle all administrative work without interference from national
security and asked for proper supervision of printing, transmission and
storage of the examination papers to avoid any further leakages.
Credit:graphic.com.gh
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