Universities may ask students to write entrance exams if WASSCE leakages continue- Angel Carbonu
The dreaded experience of one writing entrance exams before entering the tertiary is being envisaged by the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Mr Angel Carbonu.
This he indicated might be implemented by the tertiary institutions if the constant incidence of question leakages that have characterized the West Africa Examination Council examinations; the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) are not curbed.
He expressed worry about the fact that examination leakage “is getting more systemized and complicated” and the examination management body appears to be handicapped in dealing with it decisively.
And also lamenting that this phenomenon has reduced the value of WAEC certificates while also expressing his fears about the fact that the various tertiary institution councils may at some point decide that only students who pass entrance exams will be granted admission.
He further said “[These leakages] put the integrity and the sanctity of certifications in question… When the universities in Ghana begin to question the validity and sanctity of our exam, I will not be surprised that in the near future the various councils of the universities will take a decision where students write entrance exam before they get into the universities”.
Mr Carbonu was of the view that WAEC’s challenge in dealing with the situation may be as a result of the sophistication with which the perpetrators of exam question leakages operate with the help of technology.
“How come that WAEC is being found incapable of finding a solution to this? Maybe WAEC systems are so weak to the extent that it is unable to identify the problem and solve the problem taking into account the fact that there is a sophisticated technology operating outside WAEC,” he added.
Meanwhile, WAEC has come under serious criticism over the past few years following the leakages of its exam questions ahead of the writing days.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
