WAEC discloses malpractice cases detected in 2025 WASSCE School

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has recorded a number of cases of examination irregularity, including impersonation, in the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School.

In a press statement sighted by Pretertiary.com, the not-for-profit-making organization (WAEC) said it has noted with concern a number of cases of irregularity at various examination centres across the country.

“As part of our commitment to upholding the integrity and credibility of our examinations, we have deployed a number of staff as well as our own specially trained personnel to monitor the examination centres,” WAEC stated.

It added “Our monitoring teams have unearthed a series of irregular activities at a number of the examination centres. These include the following;

(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.

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

A total of 461,640 final-year students, made up of 207,381 males and 254,259 females drawn from 1,021 public and private Senior High Schools (SHS), have registered 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 is taking place at 703 centres across the country.