The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has reported that individuals arrested for infractions during the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) are being processed for court. Over nine people have been apprehended so far.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, WAEC highlighted that prior to the start of the examination, briefing sessions were held with District Directors of Education and Supervisors to inform them of the new rules governing the examination.
Supervisors were explicitly prohibited from bringing mobile phones to the examination centers and warned against this practice.
Despite the warnings, some individuals disregarded these instructions and were subsequently arrested by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and locally recruited agents by WAEC and handed over to the police.
At the Save Our Souls Educational Centre in Bekwai, three teachers, Patience Serwaah, Oscar Ben Azumah, and Thomas Gyimadu, were arrested for attempting to assist candidates. Additionally, two unrelated individuals, Christian Osei and Kyei Baffour Alex, were detained for similar offenses.
At the Jinijini Senior High School Centre, two invigilators were caught taking snapshots of the English Language question papers and posting them on a WhatsApp platform named ‘Koraso Ma JHS’.
At Nkoranza Senior High School, an invigilator, Abeam Danso, was found with a mobile phone containing answers to the Religious and Moral Education questions.
In Tema, at Chemu Senior High School, a teacher, Amoako Joseph, was arrested for taking pictures of question papers and posting them on a platform named ‘Apor Lord for BECE, 2024’.
Other incidents include an invigilator, Faaweerie Patrick, at the Liberty Hills School Centre, who was arrested for taking pictures of the Science paper.
At Jachie Pramso SHS Centre in the Ashanti Region, invigilators Danso Emmanuel and Mensah Emmanuel were caught with a phone and pieces of paper containing answers to the English Language paper, respectively.
Furthermore, at the Santoe Basic School Centre, teachers from DESVY International School were found on their school bus solving the Science questions for onward transmission to their students in the examination hall.
The individuals involved are Thomas Ativor, 37, a Twi language teacher; Emmanuel Ammisah, 47, a mathematics teacher; Edwin Goodluck, 39, a Science teacher; and Richard Boateng, 32, a Computing teacher.
WAEC has reported all these individuals to the police, and they are being processed for court.
