GES rescind decision to search 2023 BECE candidates private parts

The Ghana Education Service (GES) after it authorised invigilators and supervisors to search 2023 BECE candidates private parts before they are allowed entry into the examination hall says no such type of search will be conducted.

In a statement shared with AcademicWeek, it said “Supervisors and invigilators are authorised to thoroughly search all candidates including their private parts before they are allowed to enter the examination hall.”

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The move the management of the Ghana Education Service said forms part of the Education Directorates’ effort to ensure free, fair and transparent conduct of the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School.

“All headteachers of proprietors and Directors of Schools of public and private Junior High Schools (JHSs) are hereby directed to observe the following rules and regulations governing the conduct of this year’s BECE for School,” It added.

But in a social media post, the Ghana Education Service said members of the general public and students are to disregard the purported information that invigilators and supervisors will search BECE candidates private parts.

GES directives to 2023 BECE candidates

1. Candidates are to come to the examination centre with ONLY Flat Open Sandals, without socks.

2. Candidates must be seated in the examination hall thirty minutes before time.

3. Candidates who arrive after the supervisor has given the order to start work will be deemed to have arrived late, and not permitted to write the paper.

4. Supervisors and Invigilators are authorized to thoroughly search all candidates.

5. Candidates are advised to ensure that no foreign materials are under their desks since they will be held liable if found.

6. Candidates are advised to use only index numbers provided by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

7. Candidates whose examination results have been cancelled for resorting to dishonest means. may be refused re-entry to future examinations.

8. Candidates should not come to the examination hall with mobile phones, earphones, wrist watch or any electronic devices.

9. Candidates are only allowed to use transparent blue pens

10. All headteachers, teachers and unauthorised personnel would not be allowed within the premises of the examination centres

11. According to WAEC Law, Act 719 (2006) it is a criminal offence punishable by law to engage in any form of examination malpractice.

More than 600,000 candidates according to a spokeswoman for the non-profit-making organization (WAEC), Agnes Teye Cudjoe will sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) slated August 7 to August 11, 2023.