3 WASSCE papers leak; Students receive questions on social media -
The
recurring leak of West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination papers is
far from over as three of the papers in the ongoing West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been leaked.
The Daily
Graphic can authoritatively say that some students in some schools in the
Greater Accra and the Eastern regions had access to the examination papers
between 12 midnight and 4 a.m. on the day the papers were written.
The Oral
English, Integrated Science and Social Studies papers have all leaked.
The
109 obtained copies of leaked papers that were confirmed after the papers
were written.
There are
also pictures on social media showing students copying answers on their thighs.
Whatsapp
group
The
papers were circulated among some students mainly through social media
platforms, particularly Whatsapp.
A
Whatsapp group chat with one Neezy Ranking, the administrator and alleged
student of a first-class senior high school (SHS) in the Eastern Region, was
one of the sources of the leaked papers.
The
Whatsapp group is named Lagadia — a term students use for leaked examination
papers or what is also popularly referred to among student circles as “apor”.
The group
comes alive from 10 p.m. when the expectant students keep asking their source
when the questions will be leaked.
At dawn,
the supplier of the papers sends the questions to the group using a MTN phone
number.
In one of
the chats, Neezy Ranking, which is a nickname, appears to calm the nerves of
his clients, saying in shorthand and pidgin English: “All my clients, jx relax
and wait patiently for de laga…int science go drop ditto dito,” to wit: “All my
clients, just relax and wait patiently for the leaked papers…Integrated Science
will appear ditto ditto.”
“From my
source, he say by 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. he drop giv me. he make late craa 4:30 a.”,
meaning: “My source says by 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. he will send me the papers. Even
if he is late, it will be 4.30 a.m.”
Indeed,
the questions appeared as assured, only that the question numbers were changed
and some red herrings thrown in.
In other
instances, the questions were tweaked slightly with synonyms.
In
another chat, when the papers had finally arrived, Ranking told his group that
they should start solving the papers, noting that two others that were sent
earlier were past questions from 2007.
Meanwhile,
sources at WAEC have confirmed that some officials had received reports about
the leaked questions, probably from the hinterlands where the
papers had been dispatched earlier.
The
sources, however, indicated that the council was investigating the issue and
would deal with the culprits.
The Head
of the Ghana National Office of WAEC, the Very Rev. Samuel Nii Nmai Ollennu,
told the Junior Graphic in an interview last month that the council had
introduced new security measures to prevent the leakage papers in all its
examinations.
While he
would not divulge the measures because “we want to ensure the sanctity and
credibility of our examinations”, it appears whichever syndicate is leaking the
papers has found a way around the security measures.
WAEC
struggles
WAEC has
been battling with leakage of its examination papers for some time now.
In 2015,
barely 48 hours to the start of the WASSCE, photos of some question papers
began circulating on social media, raising questions about the credibility of
the examination.
Last
year, the council cancelled five subject papers in the Basic Education
Certificate Examination (BECE) — papers 2 of English Language, Religious and
Moral Education, Integrated Science, Mathematics and Social Studies.
The
cancellation followed the discovery by the council that those papers had leaked
In the Junior
Graphic interview referred to earlier, the Very Rev. Ollennu had said the
new security arrangements had worked well and expressed the hope that they
would help prevent any form of examination leaks this year and beyond.
The
measures, he said, were used during the General Business Certificate
Examination (GBCE), the Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE), the
November-December WASSCE last year, as well as the 2016 private BECE.
He
pointed out that it was important that stakeholders joined the fight to deal
with the canker of examination malpractices, and that nobody should think that
it was the responsibility of WAEC alone.
3 WASSCE papers leak; Students receive questions on social media
The recurring leak of West African Examination Council (WAEC)
examination papers is far from over as three of the papers in the
ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have
been leaked.
The Daily Graphic can authoritatively say that some students in some schools in the Greater Accra and the Eastern regions had access to the examination papers between 12 midnight and 4 a.m. on the day the papers were written.
The Daily Graphic can authoritatively say that some students in some schools in the Greater Accra and the Eastern regions had access to the examination papers between 12 midnight and 4 a.m. on the day the papers were written.
ments had worked well and expressed the hope that they would help prevent any form of examination leaks this year and beyond.
The measures, he said, were used during the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE), the Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE), the November-December WASSCE last year, as well as the 2016 private BECE.
He pointed out that it was important that stakeholders joined the fight to deal with the canker of examination malpractices, and that nobody should think that it was the responsibility of WAEC alone.
The measures, he said, were used during the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE), the Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE), the November-December WASSCE last year, as well as the 2016 private BECE.
He pointed out that it was important that stakeholders joined the fight to deal with the canker of examination malpractices, and that nobody should think that it was the responsibility of WAEC alone.
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