A WASSCE candidate of Dadieso Senior High School on the 1st of September, 2021 was invited by police while an invigilator is on the run for allegedly taking a snapshot of the candidate’s English Oral paper, while the examination was ongoing.
The candidate has however, been released on bail, while the security operatives of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) are on the heels of the invigilator, who is also a teacher of the school.
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According to report, the snapshot photo was uploaded on social media purported to portray that the paper had been leaked.
Briefing Graphic Online, the Head of the Public Relations Officer of the WAEC Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe told the Daily Graphic that the matter had been reported to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amakwa.
WASSCE 2021
The West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) started on Monday with roughly 446, 321 candidates across the country sitting for the examination.
A total of 375,763 candidates sat for the examination last year. This year’s lot includes 224,884 females and 221,437 males, with 763 supervisors and centres.
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A statement issued by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) indicated that 965 schools were participating in the exams, out of which 651 were public schools and 314 private schools.
According to the statement, the Ashanti Region had the highest number of candidates with 108,485 students, followed by the Eastern Region with 65,623 candidates participating in the examinations.
The Upper West Region had the lowest representation with 9,338 candidates.
The examination, which commenced with Project Work for Visual Arts candidates, is expected to come to an end on Friday, October 8, 2021.
Source: Honestynewgh.com
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