Punish schools that prevent WAEC officials from invigilating WASSCE – Kofi Asare
Mr Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch said that the tough punitive measures must be implemented at centres where most teachers have been bribed to serve as a cheating conduit during exams.
Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch has called for punishment for schools or centres preventing the West Africa Examination Council’s officials from carrying out their mandate of supervising the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination.
Mr Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch said that the tough punitive measures must be implemented at centres where most teachers have been bribed to serve as a cheating conduit during exams.
His reaction follows the recent complaint by the West Africa Examination Council about some collusion going on that is threatening to mar the integrity of the WASSCE.
“If any school prevents WAEC external supervisors from entering their compound to go and invigilate and go and supervise, then it means you are preventing a public officer from undertaking their lawful duties, and I don’t think our law supports that action at all.”
WAEC earlier stated that it had gotten wind of some malpractice during the ongoing exams and assured that it is liaising with the appropriate authorities such as the National Intelligence Bureau, the police and others to curb the situation.
