WAEC’s decision to sue over exam leakages laughable

He said reading the report by the AfricaEducationWatch, it appears the the leakage occurred at the dawn of the examination, at which point in time the questions may have been moved from WAEC’s custody into the custody of the GhanaEducationService(GES) and the Ghana Police Service, two agencies of government to superintend its sanctity.

He was commenting on the back of the report published by the AfricaEducationWatch on the leakage of examination questions in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE) which has been touted by the West African Examination Council(WAEC) as the best since 2015.

And the processes that govern the chain of command of exam questions before the examinations and so if the AfricanEducationWatch has put out its report in a document, WAEC is not necessarily contesting with incontrovertible evidence the facts that they have put out but WAEC is threatening legal action, I mean it is most shocking, it is most disturbing to see WAEC wants to flex its muscles.

Mr George claimed that because of the political capital that was channeled into the examination by the Akufo-Addo government led to the leakage for many students to pass in order to justify the merit of the Free SHS policy in the country.

He asked if the leakage happened when the exam questions were in the custody of WAEC or after it had moved? According to the Ningo-Prampram legislator, if WAEC is serious about exam leakages and their reputation, they will be concerned about the reported issues of leakages and take credible steps to stop these perennial leakages that happen under their auspices..

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