WASSCE Controversies: WAEC Must Apologise to Teachers/Invigilators for ‘Insulting’ Them – Counsellor Daniel Fenyi

May 31, 2019 Leave a comment

This year’s ongoing ‘homework’ of a WASSCE, like most other years past, has received a fair deal of controversies viś-a-viś leakage of questions and other exam malpractices. Many, championed by Counsellor Daniel Fenyi, are of the view that the entire 2019 WASSCE has no credibility and must be cancelled.

In the face of the ongoing controversies, WAEC, the examining body, has released a statement shamelessly admitting that there are leakages only that it’s denying the leakages are coming from them.

Once again, as almost always, the teacher has been made the victim of these criminal acts. The teacher has been painted the blacksheep and the centre of dereliction wading our ‘little’ dignity in the drenches. In the statement, WAEC says

there are ‘planned’ cheating in exam halls due to poor invigilation
Pre-arranged cheating where school authorities create hideouts for teachers to solve questions and send answers to students in the exam hall
Teachers allow candidates to smuggle phones in the exam hall
Invigilators send questions to website operators who solve the questions and post on their website or whatsapp groups.

Honestly, as a critical observer of the ongoing WASSCE, the above allegations might hold some elements of truth. However, in principle, NO teacher or Invigilator is supposed to get access to the question papers before 30minutes to the time, so how can all the above allegations happen within 30minutes?

Many teachers can confirm that themselves and the students get the questions sometimes a day or two before the exam. So what is WAEC saying? If you are not ready to take responsiblity for the ongoing ‘homework’ called WASSCE, at least, don’t insult the teacher. They’ve had enough from Prof. Stephen Adei already!

From here, I will petition all tertiary institutions to conduct entrance exams for their applicants with 2019 WASSCE certificates. Sanity, if resisted, must be forced down the system!

By: Radio1News|Ghana