The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has fully endorsed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to dismiss any official found culpable of engaging in malpractice during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC).
According to WAEC, the measure is necessary to protect the integrity of the exams and safeguard the future of students.
“Yes, we back it so that it would deter others from engaging in such practice because it goes all the way to ruin the future of the children,” said Dr. Rosemond Wilson, Head of the National Office (HNO) of WAEC, during a monitoring tour of exam centres in Accra on Monday.
Monitoring Visit
Dr. Wilson inspected the conduct of the Social Studies examination, the first core paper in the 2025 WASSCE-SC, at several centres including:
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Armed Forces Senior High Technical School, Burma Camp (428 candidates, 1 absentee)
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Sakyi Asare-Menako Hall (71 candidates from Haavad College and Hudai Twiliki International School)
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Accra High School (652 candidates, 1 absentee)
A total of 461,640 candidates nationwide—207,381 males and 254,259 females—are sitting for the exams across 701 centres. Each student is expected to write an average of eight subjects out of the 65 available.
Invigilator Caught with Exam Questions
At the Armed Forces Senior High Technical School Centre, an invigilator was caught with a mobile phone containing questions from the Picture Making and Oral English papers already written.
The invigilator, who violated strict rules banning mobile phones in exam halls, has been asked to explain his actions in writing. WAEC confirmed that the case has been referred to the GES for disciplinary action.
“So, we have taken the matter up and we will deal with it,” Dr. Wilson stressed.
Call for Collective Action
The WAEC boss commended the smooth conduct of the exams so far but urged all stakeholders—teachers, parents, school authorities, and the public—to help combat exam malpractice.
“We are going to crack down on this issue of examination malpractice so as to bring it down to the barest minimum,” she assured, adding that the exams are expected to end on September 19, 2025.
Source: My News Ghana
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