Four teachers fined GH¢3,000 for examination malpractice

WAEC has confirmed that four teachers fined GH¢3,000 each for examination malpractice offenses during WAEC-administered examinations.

David Kwabena Mensah, Ruth Ampah, Millicent Marfo, and Kennedy Anokye, were the four teachers who were caught to have engaged in acts that breached examination regulations at different centers in the Twifo Praso district.

Two of them were teachers who escorted their students to the examination centers. The remaining two were teachers who were engaged by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) as invigilators.

Joseph Kusah, the prosecuting chief inspector, told the court that they were implicated in separate cases of examination-related misconduct.

David Kwabena Mensah was punished for unlawfully circulating examination content .This was when he was captured with portions of an examination paper. He was also seen with his mobile phone distributing the material through WhatsApp.

That conduct violated provisions of the law regulating the handling and confidentiality of examination materials under the West African Examinations Council Act, 2006.

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Ruth Ampah on her part was found culpable for improperly assisting candidates during the examination.

She provided answers to students verbally while the examination was in progress. This act, prosecutors described as a serious breach of examination rules and criminal law.

Millicent Marfo and Kennedy Anokye were convicted for jointly keeping examination papers unlawfully at the Twifo Praso Senior High School examination center.

All four admitted to the offenses leveled against them when they appeared before the court presided over by Cephas Atidzoe.

The Twifo Praso District Magistrate Court, presided over by Cephas Atidzoe, convicted them and fined them GH¢3,000 each, reports Joana Kumi. This was done after the teachers admitted their guilt.