{"id":326312,"date":"2024-07-10T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=326312"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:05:40","slug":"waec-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/general\/waec-arrest\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Persons arrested for examination infractions being processed for court \u2013 WAEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC<\/a>) has announced that all persons arrested for examination infractions in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) are being processed for court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than nine individuals have been arrested in the ongoing BECE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement issued on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the examination management body noted that before the commencement of the examination, briefing sessions were held with District Directors of Education and Supervisors mainly to brief them on the new rules governing the examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmong other things, the supervisors were informed that they were prohibited from bringing along mobile phones to the examination centres. A stern warning was issued against this practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some chose not to heed this advice, and so they were arrested by the NIB and the locally recruited agents by WAEC and handed over to the police,\u201d portions of the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council said that at the Save Our Souls Educational Centre, Bekwai, three teachers\u2014Patience Serwaah, Oscar Ben Azumah, and Thomas Gyimadu\u2014were picked up for trying to assist the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other persons who were unrelated to the examination but came around attempting to assist the candidates are Christian Osei and Kyei Baffour Alex. it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WAEC noted that at the Jinijini Senior High School Centre, two invigilators were apprehended for taking snapshots of the English Language question papers and posting them on a WhatsApp platform named \u2018Koraso Ma JHS.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNkoranza Senior High School. An invigilator, Abeam Danso, was arrested with a mobile phone, on which were answers to the Religious and Moral Education Questions. At Chemu Senior High School, Tema, a teacher, Amoako Joseph, was arrested for taking pictures of the question papers and posting them on a platform named \u2018Apor Lord for BECE, 2024.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiberty Hills School centre, an invigilator, Faaweerie Patrick, was arrested for taking pictures of the Science paper and handed over to the police. Jachie Pramso SHS centre in the Ashanti Region, an invigilator, Danso Emmanuel had a phone on him in the examination while Mensah Emmanuel (invigilator) had pieces of paper on which were answers to the questions of the English Language paper,\u201d WAEC stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It further indicated that at the Santoe Basic School centre, teachers from DESVY International School were found on their school bus solving the Science questions for onward transmission to their students in the examination hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are; Thomas Ativor, 37, a Twi language teacher, Emmanuel Ammisah, 47, a mathematics teacher, Edwin Goodluck, 39, a Science teacher and Richard Boateng, 32, a Computing teacher,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WAEC therefore opined that \u201cThey have all been reported to the police and are being processed for court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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