WAEC names region to scrutinize WASSCE scripts over malpractice

The WASSCE papers of candidates from the Oti region will be thoroughly scrutinized during the marking of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school scripts, the Head of Public Affairs at West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr John K. Kapi, has said.

Speaking in an interview monitored by Pretertiary.com, a spokesman for the not-for-profit organization, John Kapi, said his outfit was informed about examination irregularities in the region, which they discovered to be true.

“From the Northern region, we got a whistleblower and informed our branch controller, who is in Tamale, to follow up. In the Upper East, we did not register anything

In the Oti region, we received information that certain things were happening, so with them we will do what we call scrutiny when their (WASSCE for School) scripts are in,” the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC told the host of JoyNews The Pulse show.

“After the release of the BECE results, we are going to go into the marking of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, and when that is done, we will be conducting the WASSCE for Private Candidates,” he noted.

This year, a total of 461,640 final-year students, comprising 207,381 males and 254,259 females, drawn from 1,021 public and private Senior High Schools (SHS), sat for the WASSCE for School candidates.

This figure represents a 0.22% increase over the 2024 entry figure of 460,611. The 2025 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination took place at 701 centres across the country.

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, which commenced on Tuesday, 5th August 2025, with the Visual Art Project work and continued with the written papers on Monday, 18th August 2025, ended on Friday, 19th September 2025.

In all, 65 subjects were taken by candidates, but each West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School candidate took an average of eight subjects in the examination.

Exams malpractice cases detected in 2025 WASSCE School

During the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Schools, the West African Examinations Council detected the following cases of irregularity at various examination centres across the country.

(i) Two persons were arrested for impersonation at Ghana College, Kasoa. They were arraigned before the court and have been sentenced to six months imprisonment each, while their accomplice was sentenced to eight months imprisonment.

(ii) The proprietor of Christian IPS, Kukurantumi, as well as one of his invigilators, have been arrested for creating a WhatsApp group on which they shared snapshots of questions and solutions to the questions. They have been handed over to the police for further investigation.

(iii) Ebenezer Fynn was arrested at St. Vincent College, Abora Dunkwa, for impersonation. He has also been arraigned before the court.

(iv) Hanna Lariba, a student of Yeji Senior High School, was arrested for impersonation at the Steps to Destiny SHS, Yeji. Another impersonator, Mumuni Abdul Hafiz, bolted before the monitoring team could apprehend him;

(v) Mr. Kodua Desmond was arrested at Abot College, Asante Bekwai. He was handed over to the police and subsequently arraigned before the court. He has been remanded into police custody for two weeks.

(vi) Osei Asibey Daniel was arrested at Atwima Kwanwoma Presbyterian SHS for impersonation. He has been handed over to the police.

(vii) Raymond Kwasi was arrested at Atwima Kwanwoma Presbyterian SHS for contracting Osei Asibey Daniel to write the examination on behalf of Obeng Dapaah Emmanuel;

(viii) Maxwell Chamba and Amaglo Livingstone were arrested at Sefa Bonsu Royal SHS, Yeji, for impersonation.

(ix) A Physics teacher at Ahafoman SHS was found with a mobile phone on which he had snapshots of the Physics practical questions which he had shared.

(x) Mr. Ernest Frimpong, an invigilator, was arrested at King James SHTS for possession of a mobile phone on which was found snapshots of the questions and solutions to them;

(xi) Patrick Essel, a former National Service personnel, was arrested for aiding a candidate to copy solutions to copy solutions from his mobile phone. Further investigations revealed that this was from a platform shared with the assistant supervisor, Michael Boateng. He has also been arrested.