WASSCE Riots: GES To Punish Offending Students

Ghana Education Service (GES) said they will punish any student found guilty in destroying school properties during their protest in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Some final year students, in their protest against strict supervision during the writing of Integrated Science paper on Monday, toppled furniture and food served in the dining hall.

This, according to the Director-General of the GES, Prof Opoku Amankwah, is “unfortunate and disciplinary measures will be meted out to those students involved”.

Speaking in an interview on Otec FM’s morning show ‘Nyansapo’, hosted by Captain Koda, on Tuesday, August 5, 2020, Prof Opoku Amankwa said those found guilty will be ‘deboardenised’ to serve as a deterrent to others.

Some final year students of the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School at Kumawu Juaben Senior High School both in the Ashanti Region on Monday threatened to boycott the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

This was after the students accused their school authorities of being ‘too strict’ during the supervision of their first paper and failure of the questions they predicted to appear after having sleepless to study, a situation they also threatened to boycott the rest of the WASSCE papers.

“The students must be told, and they are aware of examination rules and must comply. Those found guilty will be sanctioned with the appropriate disciplinary actions. We want to discipline people in the country so we will not tolerate such attitudes in our society,” he said.

---OtecfmGhana