A policy and research Think Tank, VIAM Africa Centre for Education and Social Policy, has called for heads to roll at the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) following the latest leakage of at least four papers in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certification Examination (WASSCE).<\/p>\n
Reports of the incident have provoked fresh public anger with demands for serious sanctions against officials who may\u00a0be found culpable.<\/p>\n
Some students in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions reportedly had access to the examination papers between 12:00am and 4:00a.m on the day the papers were written.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”ZM6GYEmobiBbeWOqNu7RPHIPBCKH9TaM”]Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, the Executive Director for VIAM Africa, Dr. Prince Armah, called for thorough investigations to be conducted into the leaks and the culprits brought to book.<\/p>\n According to him, \u201cthis hasn\u2019t happened once, it hasn\u2019t happened twice, it has been very consistent. We have come to a point in our\u00a0life as a country that we need to get our independent examination body that can conduct exam for only Ghanaians and whose credibility can be vouched for.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Armah added that the head of WAEC should resign and feel ashamed over the recent happenings.<\/p>\n \u201cElsewhere, the WAEC director would have resigned. WAEC is responsible for organizing examinations. They are supposed to protect the integrity of the exam. If anything happens that undermines the integrity of the exams, they must be blamed.\u201d<\/p>\n He further indicated that proper checks and monitoring would be done if people are held accountable for such occurrences.<\/p>\n Teachers not to blame for leak<\/strong><\/p>\n