Seven persons, made up of three students, two teachers and two administrators, have been convicted for impersonation in the 2020 West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by the Agona Swedru Magistrate Court.
One of them received a custodial sentence while the rest were fined. They include Georgina Danso, Desmond Oduro and David Bawah, all Form Two students of the Ngleshie Amanfrom SHS in the Greater Accra Region, who were fined one thousand two hundred Cedis each and barred from taking part in any WASSCE for three years.
Others were Osman Ahmed, an Administrator at the Central High School at Agona Swedru, and Clement Sarfo, also a staff of the same school. They were also fined one thousand two hundred Cedis each, and Cedric Sefah Akyeampong, a Teacher at Central High School who was fined two thousand four hundred Cedis.
A Teacher at Ngleshie Amanfrom SHS, Richard Nkrumah, alias Emperor, who doubles as the Assistant Headmaster of Central High School, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
The convicts initially pleaded not guilty to the charges of impersonation and abetment to commit the crime but they were found guilty at the end of the trial and accordingly sentenced by the court.
Before passing judgment, the Magistrate, Isaac Apeatu, said what the convicts did is wrong, stressing that their conviction is to serve as a deterrent to others who might plan engaging in similar acts.
