WASSCE: A teacher who helped students to cheat is now an assistant headmaster – Kofi Asare - Adomonline.com

Speaking on midday news on Joy FM, Mr Asare explained that WAEC uses the same teachers who taught the students to regulate their examinations and thus, despite efforts by the Ministry of Education to curb malpractices, some supervisors and teachers connive to help their students cheat.

“So when we hear of instances where some teachers collect money from students, solve questions for them, put them on WhatsApp platforms, and then they copy in the exam hall, and the same teachers are invigilators, and some of them are supervisors in the same exam hall, you must understand that it is possible because WAEC is only present in about 20% of the centres at a particular time.”

Mr Asare suggested that for WAEC to be truly independent where malpractices are curbed it should implement measures that are in line with international best practices.

“The reason is that it prevents the possibility of conflict of interest and also reduces the corruption risk associated with teachers being involved in examining students that they taught, because the result of the students, more or less, is a litmus of the performance of the teachers,” he explained.

Also, Mr Asare called for the dismissal of teachers, who aid in examination malpractices such as aiding students to cheat.

You go to places and the teachers are conniving with the students to cheat

“You certify these children saying they are of this standard either the BECE or SSCE, and that child will use that certificate, go abroad to a school and they will find out that your qualification is not up to the standard you say it is”.