The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has assured that there will be no examination leakage of the 2017 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
According to the public relations officer of WAEC, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, the institution has implemented more stringent measures to ensure that such leakages are prevented, and has said it will enforce the WAEC laws if anyone involved in the action is caught.
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Agnes Teye-Cudjoe in an interview with Accra-based to Citi FM said WAEC has outlined some new regulations established.
"Supervisors and invigilators are not supposed to send mobile phones to the examination hall because we all know what mobile phones can be used for.
We also have security details on the supervisor’s bags and we also have combination padlocks on them so that people cannot easily open these bags," she said.
She warned, "we have the WAEC law in place so if anybody is found culpable, the law will take over and the person will be prosecuted.
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"If any member of staff is found culpable, we have sanctions that can be taken against the person." These measures and warnings come in the wake of the numerous examination papers that have leaked in recent times." she said.
In 2016, a number of subjects including Oral English, Integrated science, and Social Studies were cancelled due to the examination papers leaking to the public.
This year, 289, 207 final year students from public and private senior high schools are sitting for the WASSCE.
Meanwhile, Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has instructed heads of second cycle institutions not to prevent final year students from writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) due to unpaid school fees.
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He noted that such actions contravened directives from the Ministry directing heads of second cycle institutions not to prevent students from writing the examinations.