The Ministry of Education has directed the country’s security agencies to investigate circumstances leading to the leakage and subsequent cancellation of some Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) papers.
A Deputy Minister of Education in charge of pre-tertiary education, Alex Kyeremeh said the news of the cancellation came as a surprise to the Ministry, hence the decision to seek an intervention from the security agencies.
[contextly_sidebar id=”8Ffe6Qlb8LeaEqrBnXZAmv9EPagbB3py”]“It came to us as a surprise and the Minister has directed us to refer the case to the security agencies to investigate WAEC [West African Examination Council] and come out to report to the whole country as to what exactly happened,” he said on Eyewitness News.
WAEC on Wednesday announced the cancellation of five papers in the ongoing BECE following a leakage.
The subjects are English Language 2, Religious and Moral Education 2, Science 2, and Mathematics 2 and Social Studies 2.
The Social Studies paper scheduled to be written on Thursday will not take place.
The examination council explained that the affected papers were |leaked” and had gone “viral” on social media, hence, their decision to cancel the papers.
According to the Deputy Minister, his outfit provided the necessary resources for WAEC to conduct the examination, therefore it is up to WAEC to explain how the papers leaked.
He said Ghana is a nation of rule of law that is why the Education Ministry is bringing in the security agencies to investigate the matter.
Mr. Kyeremeh was hopeful that “they will come out with something.”
He nonetheless clarified that the Education Ministry does not doubt the credibility of the WAEC because “they have conducted examinations in this country for more than 50 years and that is why it came to some of us as a surprise.”
He observed that in recent years, there have been reports of examination leakages and so it is imperative for government to thoroughly investigate the matter and “get to the bottom of the whole issue and then maybe we will take precautionary measures.”
Mr. Kyeremeh added that the Act of Parliament 719, 2006 prescribes the sanctions for everybody who is found cheating in examination “so the laws are clear and unambiguous; if you re found committing a crime, the law will take its own course.”
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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