GHANA- Friday, August 7, 2020/–The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has moved Bright Senior High School as an examination centre to Ofori Pain Senior High School.
In a press statement that was released today, WAEC said it “strongly condemns the behavior of the proprietor and candidates of Bright SHS as reported and wishes to caution that such unruly behaviour contravenes Section 8 (1) of the WAEC Act, 2006 (Act 719) which frowns on and sanctions acts of assault on examination officials”.
The students of the private SHS located in Kukurantumi on Thursday attacked WAEC invigilators over what they termed “strict invigilation”. A journalist was also attacked in the process.
In the press statement that was released WAEC had removed the school as a centre.
“In order to ensure the integrity of the examination and safeguard the lives of examination officials (Supervisors, Invigilators and WAEC Officers) assigned to the centre, the Council has decided to, in the interim, relocate the centre from Bright Senior High School to Ofori Panin Senior High School effective Saturday, 8th August, 2020,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the proprietor of the school Bright Amponsah was arrested by the CID this morning for allegedly inciting the students to attack the invigilators and boycott the examination.
He however in an interview denied all allegations levelled against him.
“The video is not from my school. As head of the school, I am not even allowed to go near the examination hall,” he said.
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