By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), April 21, GNA-The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has lauded the Board and Management of the Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) in the Bono Region for their dedication and unbending efforts to stem examination malpractices.
Mr Daniel Dodoo, the Sunyani WAEC Controller, gave the commendation, saying that as WAEC examination center the authorities at SUSEC ought to be praised for installing CCTV cameras in the school, and urged other SHSs to emulate.
He described SUSEC as one of the prestigious schools, saying that the school’s 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results testified SUSEC’s dedication to become one of the best schools in the country.
Mr Dodoo was speaking at a stakeholder’s engagement meeting on the preparation for the 2026 WASSCE organised by the school in Sunyani, and attended by the candidates, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders.
He noted that: “The present management of SUSEC has moved the school from an examination malpractice hotspot into one of the most exemplary examination centres in the region”.
Nonetheless, he cautioned the 2026 WASSCE candidates and teachers against the temptation of engaging forms of malpractices, warning that offenders could either be fined or imprisoned.
Mr Dodoo took the candidates through the WAEC’s revised version of the rules and regulations governing the WASSCE, saying that sending mobile phones, wrist watches, and other foreign materials remain serious offences.
He emphasised that penalties for WAEC examination offences ranged between withholding and cancellation of entire results, among others, and urged the candidates to do independent work.
Mr Dodoo reminded the candidates that: “Sending foreign materials to the exam hall as well as inscriptions on the body can lead to the cancellation of results and entire papers respectively”.
He also warned teachers against aiding the candidates to answer the examination questions, saying that: “If teachers don’t aid students in terminal exams, then there isn’t any justification for them to aid candidates in external exams”.
Professor Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong, the Board Chairman of SUSEC advised the candidates to remain studious and be confident, inspiring them that WASSCE produced questions on what they had already been taught in school.
He highlighted the role of teachers, urging them to continue to sensitize students and candidates on WAEC rules and examination ethics.
Prof Opuni-Frimpong also the Global President of the SUSEC Old Student Association (SOSA) asked the teachers to strive to reinforce proper conduct, intensify revision, and ensure that the candidates were psychologically prepared to write the WASSCE without fear or dependence on malpractice.
Mr Gordon Osei Marfo, the Headmaster of the SUSEC emphasised that the management would continue enforcing strict supervision and accountability, as the teachers adequately prepared and guided the students with integrity.
He said the school registered over 1,350 candidates for the 2026 WASSCE, urging that: “Our collective resolve will ensure that our school becomes a model of excellence and credibility, not only in results but in character”.
Mr Marfo, also the National Treasurer of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), urged the candidates to commit to honesty and reject all forms of examination malpractices that could land them in trouble.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Odeng Adade