Invigilators, Students and Schools Who Smuggled Mobile Phones into WASSCE 2022 exam halls identified

Students and Schools Smuggling Mobile Phones into WASSCE 2022 exam halls identified

The punitive measures for this examination malpractice are the cancellation of all results of candidates.

Invigilators, Students, and Schools Who Smuggled Mobile Phones into WASSCE 2022 exam halls identified

The West African Examination Council’s deployed security systems seem to be working in the ongoing WASSCE 2022 for school candidates, as it has been able to track and pick up candidates smuggling mobile phones into the examination hall.

Ahead of the start of the examination, WAEC disclosed that candidates caught engaging in this act will have all their results cancelled, but this did not scare some students writing the 2022 WASSCE.

Invigilators were also caught in the act as some of them were caught taking screenshots of questions as well as using mobile phones to help the candidates within the examination hall.

Students have been taking snapshots of questions from the exam hall and forwarding them to social media groups for solutions, the report said.

In WAEC’s 16th September report on the ongoing examination for only Ghanaians students, it said, its “Inspectors and Monitoring teams continue to report cases of candidates bringing mobile phones into the examination halls to take snapshots of questions and receive solutions from Telegram channels and social media groups.”

Schools in which some candidates were caught in the act and the subjects that were screenshots have been made public by WAEC.

They include the following.

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 Ideal College, Kasoa – during Government 2 & 1 an Invigilator, was caught with a mobile phone assisting a candidate.
 Asawinso SHS, another Invigilator, took snapshots of Social Studies Paper 2 and forwarded same to his contractor at Sefwi Bekwai via WhatsApp.

It was also observed that some persons snapped the papers during the examination and forward them to some Telegram Channels. Some of the snapshots were tracked to the following schools:

 Graphic Design Paper 2 – tracked to Sandema SHS, where a
candidate has been arrested and processed for court.
 Management-In-Living – tracked to Catabb SHS, Kumasi
Investigations are ongoing to arrest the perpetrator.
 Mathematics (Core) 2 – tracked to Toase SHS.

WAEC is yet to officially communicate further details about the individuals involved, as the Police and other security agencies continue to monitor and pick up accomplices.

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