The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has shut down the Adventist Senior High School-Bantama examination centre in Kumasi after widespread malpractice was reported during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The decision, announced during a monitoring tour led by the Kumasi Mayor, was taken to protect the integrity of the examination across the sub-region.
A total of 936 candidates who sat for Thursday’s English Language paper at the centre have now been reassigned to write their subsequent papers under strict supervision at WAEC’s office in Kumasi.
Kumasi Metro Director of Education, David Oppong, described the incident as “unfortunate” and said investigations would be conducted to establish what transpired.
“For now, the incident that we’ve recorded has to do with an Adventist Senior High School—allegations of examination malpractices. So we are yet to do a thorough investigation,” he said.
He further pleaded with the public to remain patient while a full probe is carried out, adding that the matter has already been reported to the regional director.
Mr. Oppong also cautioned supervisors and invigilators to remain vigilant in safeguarding the exams.
“The advice that we continue to give to the invigilators and supervisors is that they have to be extra careful. We are training the young ones to take over from us as leaders. So if we continue to allow and encourage some of these things in our schools, it means that we are destroying the nation,” he warned.
He assured that the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education will strictly enforce examination rules, stressing, “we will ensure that the code of conduct, the rules governing the examination will be applied.”
