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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has pledged firm support for the Ghana Education Service (GES) in its decision to dismiss any examination official implicated in malpractice during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC).

The council said the measure was necessary to curb the menace of exam fraud and protect the integrity of Ghana’s education system.

“Yes, we back it so that it would deter others from engaging in such practice because it goes all the way to ruin the future of the children," the Head of National Office of WAEC, Dr. Rosemond Wilson, told the Daily Graphic during a monitoring visit to some examination centres in Accra yesterday.

Her inspection covered the Armed Forces Senior High Technical School Centre at Burma Camp, the Sakyi Asare-Menako Hall, and the Accra High School, where candidates were sitting for the first core subject, Social Studies.

At the Armed Forces SHS Technical Centre, 428 candidates had registered, with one absentee recorded. At the Asare-Menako Hall, 71 candidates from Haavad College and Hudai Twiliki International School were present. The Accra High School registered the highest turnout, with 652 candidates and one absentee.

This year, a total of 461,640 students nationwide are writing the WASSCE-SC across 701 centres. The candidates include 207,381 males and 254,259 females, with each expected to take an average of eight subjects out of 65 on the timetable.

During the monitoring, an invigilator at the Armed Forces SHS Technical Centre was caught in possession of a mobile phone, contrary to the rules of the examination. A check revealed stored questions from the Picture Making and Oral English papers, which had already been written.

The invigilator was immediately asked to explain why he carried the phone into the hall, contrary to the requirement that all such devices be deposited on the supervisor’s desk, and why the phone contained those examination materials.

Confirming the incident, Dr. Wilson stressed that WAEC would act decisively. “So, we have taken the matter up and we will deal with it,” she said, adding that the individual would be reported to his employers at the GES.

She noted that, aside from the incident, the examinations had so far been smooth. WAEC, she said, hoped the process would continue without disruption until it ends on September 19, 2025.

Dr. Wilson further appealed to all stakeholders to join the council in stamping out malpractice. “We are going to crack down on this issue of examination malpractice so as to bring it down to the barest minimum,” she vowed.