Mr. Samuel Ziggah, a lecturer and psychologist, claims that the issue of examination malpractice, which occurs annually has worsened because those who fuel it at the highest levels have not been prosecuted and imprisoned for their crimes.
He lamented that the students who sit for these exams are the ones who are usually punished, leaving room for those who orchestrate these practices at the top levels to still operate.
The frequent leakage of questions before the exams are written, he opined, is done by senior officials at the West African Examination Council (WAEC), and it was about time such persons were fished out, prosecuted, and jailed to serve as a deterrent for others with similar interests.
“Exam malpractices did not start today, but have we witnessed the prosecution and incarceration of top-level persons at WAEC before? It has never happened, but they are the ones who leak the exam questions. The students who write the exams don’t have access to the questions, so how do they get them? Officials at WAEC are the ones who leak them. Do the students conjure the examination questions from the sky? The WAEC officials are the ones involved,” he said on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM.
Mr. Ziggah noted that the examination malpractice situation starts from the leakage of questions from the source to multiple channels, and until we investigate, arrest, prosecute, and finally jail the top officials, the practice will not stop.
One other reason he attributed to exam malpractices was the poor remuneration of invigilators and other officials, making it easier for them to be easily influenced with bribes.
“The other reason we have been unable to deal with exam malpractices is that WAEC does not offer invigilators and other officials good remuneration, which makes it easier for them to be bribed by some people to allow students to cheat in exams. WAEC should therefore pay invigilators well to help prevent anyone from bringing them.”
He also suggested the need for the country to focus more on skills and vocational training of our students, since that has a major role in shaping them for national development and ending exam malpractices.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
