2023 BECE: WAEC concludes investigations into alleged examination malpractices by some 2,000 candidates in Ashanti Region
The West African Examination Council, WAEC say it has concluded investigations into the alleged examination malpractice by some Basic Education Certificate Examination candidates BECE in the 2023 examination
According to WAEC, they have detected the students under investigation cheated during the examination
The Branch Controller of WAEC for the Ashanti Region, Divine Walanyo Agbonyo in an interview with OTEC News said a decision will be taking on the matter for the students to know their fate.
WAEC placed Over 2,000 candidates who took this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) under investigation due to suspected malpractice.
The candidates were subsequently invited to WAEC’s offices to answer questions about alleged irregularities detected during the exams.
The council is withholding the results of some subjects for these candidates until the final determination of the matter
Mr Walanyo revealed that, some evidence they obtained proves clearly that there were some sort of cheating by some students
“You will realize that, in a particular school, in a hall all the questions they answered were correct for everyone, with the same answers, inn an event they had the answer wrong, it was still the same answers “.
Source: Ghana/otecfmhana.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
