Exams malpractice involving teachers must be criminalize – GNECC
The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has called on the government to criminalise examination malpractice involving teachers who serve as invigilators during the conduct of various examinations.
The Head of Programmes at Ghana Education Campaign Coalition, Festus Long Matey, stressed that every individual found culpable in this year’s BECE malpractice must be punished in accordance with the law.
“Teachers and invigilators are supposed to protect the integrity of the exams, not compromise it. Unfortunately, some of them are playing with the future of our children, and the consequences must be enforced,” he stated.
Reacting to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) report that 25 invigilators were arrested nationwide during the 2025 BECE, he said the case of examination malpractice is an emergency issue that needs an immediate solution.
“This is an emergency issue that needs to be dealt with urgently. If we continue to tolerate such acts, our entire education system will continue to suffer,” the GNECC Head of Programmes said.
“When students pass exams through malpractice, it becomes difficult to assess their true academic performance. It undermines the purpose of education and makes proper grading impossible,” Festus Long Matey noted.
The GNECC official also called on the Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Tamale South constituency, Haruna Iddrisu, to urgently convene a stakeholder engagement to address the issue holistically.
“These children are the future of this country. If we allow the system to be corrupted, we are putting that future at risk. There must be collaborative action now,” he emphasised.
Despite the challenges, he commended the management of the not-for-profit-making organization (WAEC) for the overall conduct of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and their efforts to ensure credibility.
“We applaud the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for their vigilance and for conducting a solid examination. Their efforts must be supported, not undermined,” Mr Festus said.
His comment follows the Examinations Council report that twenty-four persons were arrested for various infractions during the administration of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Mr John K. Kapi, WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, in an interview monitored by Pretertiary.com, said, “We had one supervisor, two head teachers who were distributing photocopied materials to the candidates,” he said.
“We also had a number of teachers who had mobile phones on them, and had taken snapshots, and they had distributed them to platforms they belonged to
We also have a few others who were not related to the examination but some way somehow found their way into the examination hall, and they were either distributing photocopied answers to the questions or were out of the room solving questions and preparing to send the responses to the examination halls,” John Kapi said in the interview.
