The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has assured there will be no examination malpractices in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Speaking to Baisiwa Dowuona-Hammond on GH Today, Felix Akuffo-Badoo, the Head of Test Administration Division of WAEC, said the Council has put in place strict measures to curb cheating in the exams and to identify malpractices.
The Council is using ICT to identify cheating in the objective test. WAEC has also reduced the time they release the examination papers from their office to the centers. WAEC officers and police officers now transport the papers to the centers.
However, another problem WAEC is still battling with is technology. This is because technology makes it easier and faster in transferring questions from one person to another.
Akuffo-Badoo said there are 1,700 examination centers and about 600 WAEC officers, hence, not every center has a WAEC officer present during the exams. At these centers, they are left with no option but to rely on third parties like the Ministry of Education to invigilate.
NAGRAT and some individuals have suggested that the Council needs competition to urge them to provide better services because WAEC is complacent. Akuffo-Badoo, however, says that WAEC is not complacent. Rather, they need collaboration with other educational organizations in the country.
