BECE 2023:6 Educators Nabbed Assisting Students with Solutions or Distributing Answers During Ongoing
Six educators have been apprehended by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) at various examination venues for aiding candidates in solving questions during the ongoing 2023 BECE. Among those detained, one served as an invigilator and their actions were captured on a concealed camera as they provided solutions to exam questions. Additional individuals were found in possession of electronic devices containing a comprehensive set of answers to the examination questions.
A sample BECE question paper (L) and an old photo of candidates taking the test. Source: Facebook/@WAEC Exams Ghana. Source: UGC
WAEC releases details of some of the teachers arrested.
Below are the names of the teachers caught helping the candidates answer the questions and the schools where the incident happened and the specific exams malpractice.
Flora Ashietey, a teacher from St John Bosco Basic School, was reportedly apprehended with a tablet containing exam questions and answers at Trinity Lutheran School in Tema.
Albert Adu-Gyan, affiliated with Oxford School Complex in Dunkwa-On-Offin, was caught allegedly taking pictures of Religious and Moral Education questions he had answered in a classroom situated within the premises of Dunkwa Senior High Technical School.
Kwarteng Asiedu Derick, an invigilator at Ashanti Nkoranza D/A JSS, was allegedly discovered with captured photos of Integrated Science Paper 2, which he had shared on a WhatsApp group named "Amabame Teachers Page" consisting of 21 participants.
Additionally, three teachers arrested at a Kwabenafori Exams Centre in Obuasi, where a video was circulated on August 7, 2023, are presently under police custody.
WAEC lauds arrests
An official from WAEC expressed a positive stance on the arrests, stating that they were a favorable development as it encourages students to engage in self-reliant efforts. John Kapi lamented the unfortunate involvement of teachers as suspects in the exam malpractice case. He emphasized that teachers were meant to collaborate as allies with the Ghana Education Service to combat instances of exam malpractice, rather than participating in such activities.
“For the teachers, we need them to show a level of integrity by allowing the children they taught to give testimony of whatever it is that they have offered them in the classroom,” Mr Kapi said.
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