The Ghana Education Service (GES) has cautioned candidates sitting for the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) that examination malpractice could result in jail terms of between 12 and 15 years.
Nana Kumi Agyemang, the Dormaa Central Municipal Public Relations Officer of the GES in the Bono Region, said offenders also risk having their entire results cancelled or withheld.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Dormaa-Ahenkro, he disclosed that 2,179 candidates—comprising 1,075 males and 1,104 females—from four Senior High Schools (SHSs) are writing the exams in the Municipality. The schools include Christ Apostolic Church SHS, Dormaa SHS, Adehyeman SHS and Salvation Army SHS.
He explained that a monitoring team had been deployed to ensure the successful conduct of the exams, while the police were also engaged to maintain law and order. Mobile phone use at the centers, he said, had been banned, with invigilators and supervisors strictly enforcing the directive.
“The candidates are also under strict supervision to prevent the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the examination,” Nana Agyemang added.
He further warned candidates against carrying prohibited materials into the exam halls, urging them instead to be confident and courageous in tackling their papers.
According to him, the steady increase in the number of female candidates was encouraging, attributing it partly to government interventions such as the Free SHS policy and the distribution of free sanitary pads, as well as intensified education and counseling from girl-child education coordinators.
Source: GNA
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