The Africa Education Watch has accused the West African Examination Council (WAEC) of discrediting this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
Their claim was based on leaked documents on some platforms that contained details of examiners for the examination.
“The said document, which is circulating on certain social media platforms contains a list of examiners of the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), including their schools, subject areas, telephone numbers, and email addresses”.
Speaking in an interview yesterday on Citi FM, The Public Relations Officer for WAEC, Agnes Tei Cudjoe, admitted to the leakage of the papers but said however that it was “unfortunate” that the body was being held responsible for the act.
She added that investigations were underway to apprehend perpetrators of the act.
In a press statement that was addressed to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education yesterday, African Education Watch opined that “we are worried that publicly disclosing the identities and contacts of examiners can amount to compromising the integrity of assessment by opening up examiners to influences from the public”.
They held that the cause of this was attributed to the fact the WAEC has “operated under no regulator”.
The group thereby called on the Committee to “probe the circumstances leading to the leakage” of some examination papers.
It further called on the committee to” probe the circumstances leading to the leakage of confidential identity contacts of examiners scheduled to mark this year’s WASSCE papers“.
It also called for the “set up of all Independent Regulator of Assessment in Ghana whose function shall include, the regulation, licensing, setting and enforcement of standards for all assessment bodies in Ghana”.
The 2020 examination was a bit violent with alleged malpractice as some students were caught cheating. Some students also destroyed school property on the claim that examination questions were too difficult and invigilation was too “strict”.
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