Cape Coast, May 7, GNA – Four teachers, an invigilator and a community member have been arrested by security agencies for their alleged involvement in examination malpractices during the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Central Region.
Dr Juliet Dufie Otame, the Regional Director of Education, made this known in an interview in Cape Coast on Thursday.
She did not disclose the examination centres or the names of the suspects or the nature of their offences, but however, confirmed that they had been handed over to the police for further investigations.
She expressed concern that despite intensified supervision and invigilation at examination centres by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and West Africa Examination Council, incidents of malpractices continued unabated.
Dr Otame explained that some teachers who engaged in examination malpractices did so purely by emotional attachment and sympathy towards their students and not for monetary gains.
She warned that the directorate, in collaboration with WAEC, would continue to intensify security surveillance in identified hotspot areas across the region as plainclothes security personnel were deployed to monitor the various examination centres.
Dr Otame, therefore warned those engaged in the nefarious act to stop because anyone found culpable would face the full rigours of the law to help halt the phenomenon and safeguard the integrity of the examination.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey/Benjamin Mensah