The National Union of Ghana Student (NUGS) has asked that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) not to cancel leaked examination questions this year.
The president of NUGS Isaac Jay Hyde said on Citi news that “it is a lazy approach to solving the problem. Saying that they feel this will be a burden on the students due to the presence of the virus.
“It will not be fair on our part that while we have committed our time and resources to study for our exams, we will have to pay the price for the failures of an independent body like WAEC,” he argued.
This statement comes after the Minority in Parliament started suggesting that the Examination Council cancel the ongoing WASSCE due to leakage of examination questions for the fear that the integrity of the examination has been lost.
The NUGS President then called for the private investigation to be done into the leaked papers just like the National Association of Graduate Teachers had asked.
Meanwhile, some feel that the council has been compromised though the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has reported the case to the police.
“Suicidal for the nation that many students are ending their secondary academic lives and potentially qualifying to be enrolled in tertiary institutions with the help of leaked question papers,” they warned.
“The National Union of Ghana Students strongly holds that the failure of authorities to end this cycle of paper leakages further perpetuates the already stark inequities and inequalities in our educational system, as students who can afford to obtain these leaked papers already have a superior advantage over those deprived ones who cannot.” they further said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Pechi-Anim Alnice Padikie
