The Director of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has officially requested copies of Joy News’s Dark World of BECE documentary, which exposes corruption in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on September 8, John Kapi said the request from GES is a crucial step toward determining appropriate sanctions for the teachers implicated in the investigation.
He stressed that while WAEC collaborates with GES during examinations, the council does not have direct authority to discipline teachers.
“The Director-General of Ghana Education Service has requested the videos that were shown,” Mr. Kapi stated.
“I want to put on record that these are teachers who are not directly employed by the West African Examinations Council, so technically, we cannot sanction them, except to ask them to step aside and prevent them from taking part in any of our activities in the future.
“But for anyone to sanction them appropriately, that responsibility rests with the Ghana Education Service,” he added.
His remarks follow the JoyNews Hotline investigation led by GH Probe’s Francisca Enchil, which revealed how GES officials, supervisors, headteachers, and invigilators turned the BECE into an organised racket of bribery and collusion.
At Derby Avenue RC Basic School and St. George’s Anglican Basic School in Accra, investigators documented invigilators openly demanding daily “tokens” of GH¢60, supervisors pocketing envelopes containing GH¢400, and candidates being asked to contribute to a so-called “Aseda Offertory.”
The revelations have sparked public outrage, with attention now shifting to how decisively the GES will act after reviewing the incriminating evidence.
Source: Abubakar Ibrahim
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