The management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has sacked one of its postgraduate students, Frank Anderson, after the university discovered a serious admission and certificate fraud scheme linked to him. He was expelled from the university along with all students who benefitted from his illegal services.
The worrying discovery led to his expulsion from the university as a graduate student. In addition to this punitive action, the university has commenced legal proceedings against the alleged mastermind of the illegalities discovered.
The university has released an official statement on the matter and did state that the student who, until his rastication from the university, was an MPhil student in the Department of Special Education, was found to have engaged in several cases of admission fraud, certificate forgery, and the falsification of academic records.
“Mr. Frank Anderson has been withdrawn from his current programme of study at UEW,” the statement read. The university added that legal action is underway against him for “extortion, falsifying university documents, and issuing fraudulent admission letters.”
He, per the facts released by the university, engaged in all manner of illegal acts, which also included charging between GHS1000 and GHS3000 for “protocol admissions” into the university. He was also involved in resolving incomplete grade (IC) issues for students at a fee, an act that is also illegal.
Investigations by UEW identified Anderson as the ringleader of a network that targeted prospective students with promises to alter academic grades, resolve incomplete grade (IC) issues, and secure so-called “Protocol Admissions” for fees ranging from GHS 1,000 to GHS 3,000. His operations reportedly spanned Suhum, Mangoase, Nsawam, and Winneba.
Although the syndicate did not succeed in breaching UEW’s official grading system, OSIS 2, they produced fake PDF versions of student results and forged WASSCE certificates to facilitate fraudulent admissions.
The university has since revoked the admissions of all students found to have entered through these illegal means, and students who paid to have their grades altered have also been withdrawn.
Anderson is currently in custody and facing trial at the Winneba High Court for related offences. UEW stressed that he acted independently and without any authorisation from the university.
Reaffirming its commitment to academic integrity, the university stated: “The University of Education, Winneba, upholds the highest standards of academic integrity and does not condone fraudulent activities. We will continue to pursue and implement robust measures against such misconduct.”
Read: Apaak: 1st Year university students lose refund benefit
Management further assured the public of its collaboration with law enforcement to ensure all individuals involved face “the full consequences of the law”.
This “UEW postgraduate students who is into admission and certificate fraud” may be just a tip of the iceberg of the many illigalities going on in many tertiary institutions.
There are many students who have decided to use the back door to gain admission into tertiary institutions. Universities must engage in constant checks, audits and verification activities to uncover many of such fraudulent certificates used to gain admission into the univerties.
The Ghana Education News Editorial Team is a specialized collective of education researchers, journalists, and policy analysts dedicated to providing high-fidelity reporting on the Ghanaian academic landscape. Serving as a primary bridge between governing bodies—including the Ghana Education Service (GES) and WAEC—and the public, the team leverages over a decade of combined experience to serve students, parents, and educators nationwide.
Lead Architect & Editor-in-Chief
The team is led by Wisdom Kojo Eli Hammond, a distinguished Ghanaian Edu-Tech Entrepreneur, AI Solutions Developer, and Product Architect with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary experience in education, finance, and digital media. Wisdom is the visionary force behind SkulManager, Ghana’s premier school management ecosystem, and the Lead Consultant at Education-News Consult.
A self-taught innovator, professional Web Designer, and regular columnist on GhanaWeb, Wisdom engineered SkulManager.com as the only platform strictly tailored to the GES Curriculum. His technical leadership has redefined educational assessment through a Hybrid Marking Ecosystem, pioneering the BECE and WASSCE Home Mock services—a unique fusion of WAEC-trained human examiners and advanced AI marking engines operational since 2022.
Wisdom’s 360-degree view of institutional challenges is grounded in his tenure as College President and Lecturer at Pinnacle College (Achimota), as well as his background as a school administrator and accountant. He is a dedicated lifelong learner currently advancing his studies at the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), with academic ties to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).
An accomplished author, his works include Returnees of the Dead Forest (UK Published), Simplified Beacon of Light (850+ Q&A), and The Leader in Me. A foundational pillar of the award-winning NGO Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG), Wisdom is committed to building intelligent systems that solve societal problems and prepare the next generation of Ghanaian students for a digital future.
Contact: 0550360658 | Portals: GhanaEducation.org, GhanaEducationNews.org, SkulManager.com, BECEPrep.com. Educationnewsconsult.com etc