Examination malpractice threat to national development – WAEC
Describing examination malpractice as a threat to national development, the West African Examinations Council has begun a nationwide sensitisation programme to educate final-year candidates against BECE and WASSCE malpractice.
Commenced on Thursday, July 29, 2023, it is not clear the actual date the management of the not-for-profit organization (WAEC) will end the campaign to curb cheating in the national and international examinations.
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“The West African Examinations Council embarks on a nationwide sensitisation programme for final-year candidates for both BECE and WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023,” it said in a blog post sighted by AcademicWeek.com.
Barring any last-minute changes, the Council has said more than 448,000 students from various public and private Senior High Schools will sit for the 2023 WASSCE for School from July 31, 2023, through to September 26, 2023.
Just like last year, Ghana this academic year will not write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School with other member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) including Nigeria.
It also has said amid low entry registration of candidates for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for Private, it will this year administer the 2023 edition of the BECE for School and Private at the same time.
In an interview monitored by AcademicWeek, a spokesperson for WAEC Agnes Teye-Cudjoe said over 600,000 candidates will sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination slated for August 7 to August 11, 2023.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Examination Council said all the candidates to partake in the national examination are registered and eligible final-year students from both private and public Junior High Schools (SHS).
She disclosed her outfit as part of measures to make the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and Basic Education Certificate Examination malpractice and leakage free has introduced new rules to the examinations.
In a blog post sighted by AcademicWeek, the Council said the previous rules and regulations for dealing with cases of irregularity in the examinations have also been revised to make the conduct of the examinations more transparent.