WASSCE 2025: Exam Malpractice Concerns Rise, GES Investigates BECE Allegations
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) dey worry give how exam malpractice dey increase for dis year ein West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC). WAEC monitoring teams talk say dem see irregularities like impersonation, students dey use mobile phones wey dem no suppose to, den exam questions den answers dey circulate.
Even though WAEC den the Ghana Education Service (GES) put in place strict measures, ebe like the integrity of the exams dey under threat. WAEC Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi, talk for press briefing say dem arrest 16 people for different centers, den dem seize 64 mobile phones for one school during the Elective Mathematics paper.
He add say dem give two people wey dem arrest for impersonation for Ghana College for Kasoa six months jail time each, den dem give one accomplice eight months. For Christian IPS for Kukurantumi, dem catch one proprietor den invigilator dey operate WhatsApp group wey dem dey circulate exam questions, den police dey hold dem now.
Dem report other incidents for schools like St. Vincent College den Yeji Senior High School, but some suspects manage escape. Mr. Kapi condemn say students den teachers dey involve, den he dey urge school authorities make dem protect the integrity of the examination process.
WAEC dey promise say dem go take strict action against all people den schools wey dem involve. Dem go check scripts from institutions wey dem link to malpractice well well, den dem dey compile full list of schools wey e affect.
About the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Mr. Kapi talk say some results wey dem hold still dey under investigation because dem suspect collusion, den dem go make final decisions soon. Dis year ein WASSCE-SC start for August 5, 2025, den e go end for September 19, 2025, with 461,640 candidates dey take part. Dem do the BECE from June 11 go 18.
GES to Probe BECE Malpractice
The Ghana Education Service (GES) don respond to reports about exam malpractice for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Dem dey assure the public say dem go investigate am well well. GES talk for press release wey dem issue for Sunday, September 7, 2025, say dem hear about one JoyNews documentary wey e show say maybe some schools cheat during the exams.
GES talk say dem go get the full documentary den original transcripts so dem go check am before dem start full investigation. GES stress say dem no dey support exam malpractice at all, den dem talk say cheating dey spoil Ghana ein education system ein integrity, e dey destroy fairness, den e dey produce graduates wey dem no get skills wey the country need for development.
Dem further state say with the support of the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, den the GES Council, any staff member wey dem catch say e dey help or encourage malpractice go face serious disciplinary action under the law den service regulations. GES dey assure parents, students, den the public say dem dey committed to protect the integrity of examinations den dem go work with WAEC, National Security, den law enforcement agencies so dem go stop the problem.