Thursday 16 June 2016

WAEC should not fail Ghana this time around – Adwoa Safo

Adwoa Sarfo Fair New 

Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has challenged the government and the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) to put in stringent measures to curtail the unbridled examination leakages and malpractices that have hit the Ghanaian society over the last couple of years.

According to her, the situation having already dented the image of the country both at home and internationally, could cause further harm with its attendant effects very difficult to address if not checked. WAEC, she said, should not fail Ghana this time around.

The procurement expert made this observation, Thursday, when she delivered mathematical sets to 3,400 students in over 15 Junior High Schools within her constituency who are participating in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

The legislator who described the trend as worrying also cautioned school administrators and heads, especially, the private ones, not to allow the triumph for the success of their schools lead them to look for leaked exams papers knowing well that their achievements will not be true reflection of the school. Such, she argued, will amount to deceiving society.

She also cautioned students not to rely on leaked exams papers which have become the order of the day in the Ghanaian society, stressing that “as children you have to reflect the true picture of your potentials”.

Among the beneficiary school are Dome Cluster of Schools, Taifa Cluster of Schools and St. Dominic Catholic JHS, Taifa.

Commenting further, Adwoa Safo also advised parents to restrain themselves
from going to look for leaked examination papers for their wards and rather build the children up according to their own potentials “so that society can get the best out of them”.

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