The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has declared its full support for the Ghana Education Service (GES) in dismissing any examination official found guilty of malpractice during the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC).
Speaking during a monitoring tour of examination centres in Accra, the Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Dr. Rosemond Wilson, described the move as a necessary step to safeguard the integrity of Ghana’s education system and protect 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,” Dr. Wilson told Daily Graphic reporters.
Dr. Wilson visited several centres including the Armed Forces Senior High Technical School at Burma Camp, Sakyi Asare-Menako Hall, and Accra High School, where she observed the conduct of the Social Studies paper—the first core subject in this year’s WASSCE-SC.
At the Armed Forces SHTS, which registered 428 candidates, one absentee was recorded. The Sakyi Asare-Menako Hall hosted 71 candidates from Haavad College and Hudai Twiliki International School, while Accra High School had 652 candidates with one absentee.
In total, 461,640 candidates—comprising 207,381 males and 254,259 females—are sitting for the examination across 701 centres nationwide. Each candidate is expected to take an average of eight subjects out of the 65 offered.
However, the tour also uncovered a troubling incident. An invigilator at the Armed Forces SHTS was found in possession of a mobile phone, which is strictly prohibited under WAEC regulations.
Upon inspection, the phone contained questions from the Picture Making and Oral English papers that had already been written.
The invigilator was immediately asked to submit a written explanation detailing why the phone was brought into the exam hall and why it contained such material.
Dr. Wilson confirmed that the matter would be escalated to the GES for disciplinary action.
“Invigilators are not supposed to take mobile phones to the examination hall. So, we have taken the matter up and we will deal with it,” she emphasized.
Dr. Wilson expressed satisfaction with the overall conduct of the examination so far and prayed for a smooth process until its conclusion on September 19, 2025.
She also called on all stakeholders—teachers, supervisors, parents, and students—to support WAEC’s efforts to eliminate examination malpractice.
“We are going to crack down on this issue of examination malpractice so as to bring it down to the barest minimum,” she affirmed.
Credit: Daily Graphic
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