The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for an independent investigation into the leak connected to the West African Examination Council (WAEC) whiles the WASSCE is still ongoing.
NAGRAT has asked that all persons found guilty should be made to face the law.
Speaking on Citi breakfast show, the National President, Angel Carbonu said that this will help bring an end to the leaking of examination papers during WASSCE.
“We think that an investigation should be instituted. An open investigation should be instituted and persons found culpable be dealt with. I think there should be an independent investigation body set up by the government.”
“This investigation should go beyond the West African Examination Council because the council has its integrity to protect. The Ghana Education Service will have its integrity to protect, so they cannot set up any committee,” he added
He stressed on the fact that the integrity of the WASSCE certificate was at stake.
“We are very disappointed with what is happening. In fact, the whole of yesterday, myself and my officers were discussing the integrity of this year’s exams. There is a particular West African country that we all thought that when to show you their certificate, we need to further interrogate the sanctity of that certificate and if we are not careful, we will also be gradually gravitating towards that situation,” he further added.
However, WAEC said they should not be blamed for the leaks since they committed to maintaining the integrity of the examination however an investigation team has been formed.
“As an examining body, we will not compromise our paper not for anything because we are interested in preserving the integrity of our examination so if there is a website with any WAEC links, posting our questions from our strong room, I do not think it is fair to say that this is coming from WAEC. Our investigative team has alerted us, and they are trying to track these websites. We are investigating this development,”, she disclosed
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Pechi-Anim Alnice Padikie
