Africa Education Watch has discovered the 2023 WASSCE cheating method being used by schools to help candidates cheat in the ongoing 2023 WASSCE.
Per the discovery, EduWatch found out that, both public and private SHSs solve the WASSCE questions administered by WAEC and then transmit the answers to candidates in their respective exams using WhatsApp. To ensure students are able to access the answers on their mobile phones, the schools pay off the external supervisors, so that they allow the candidates to cheat.
Examination leakage has been the headache of WAEC and with the decision by WAEC to introduce the serialization of the objective test questions of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to end question leakage, a new strategy to cheat has emerged.
When it comes to objective test answers leaked, those leaking do not only send the letters that correspond with the correct answer but they match the alphabet with the actual answer (sentences) so that if the objectives are sterilized the candidate can then match the correct answers from the leaked answers to the questions asked.
The allegations were made in a social media post that was sighted by AcademicWeek. Asare said that he has received reports from a number of sources about this cheating scheme and that he is concerned about the impact it is having on the integrity of the WASSCE.
“As a result, the criminals now concentrate on supervised cheating in exam centres once question packs are opened, and these criminal teachers solve questions, transmit via WhatsApp, and pay off external supervisors, so students can cheat,” he said.
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He called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to investigate these allegations and take action against those responsible. He said that cheating in the WASSCE undermines the credibility of the examination and the quality of education in Ghana.
WAEC does not have what it takes to fight examination leakage because cheating in its examinations has become sophisticated and so advances leaving WAEC’s protective machinery unable to do its work as expected.
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