WAEC cancels English Paper 1; reschedules Mathematics Paper

West African Examination Council The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has canceled the English Paper 1 of the ongoing Senior High School Examination written last Saturday, 12th September, 2009, due to widespread leakage. This was confirmed to Joy News by the acting head of the council, Nii Christian John in an interview with Joy News on Friday. “We have canceled the English Paper 1. This English paper 1 and 2 were written last Saturday. The evidence we have gathered doesn’t show that the paper 2 was compromised,” he said. He said for the “abundance of caution” the council has also rescheduled the mathematics paper penciled for Saturday, September, 19, 2009 to 17th November, 2009. Nii Christian John said several arrests have been made as part of thorough investigation into the leakage but will not disclose their identities. He expressed regrets over the leakage as well as the cancellation and gave the assurance that his outfit will put adequate security measures in place to forestall future occurrences. The English paper 1 will be written on October 16, 2009. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana

WAEC releases 2009 BECE results

Some BECE candidates taking their examination The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of the April 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). The results for the schools would be dispatched through the District Directors of Education. A release issued in Accra and signed by the Senior Public Affairs. Manager of WAEC, Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, said the candidates scores would be forwarded to the Ghana Education Service for use in the Computerised School Selection and Placement System while candidates could access their results online. It said 450 candidates had their subjects cancelled while 130 had their entire results cancelled. The affected candidates, according to the release were involved in various examination irregularities such as sending into the examination hall foreign materials, seeking/receiving help from non-candidates, including invigilators, supervisors and teachers and tearing parts of their question papers and answer booklets, as well as collusion. Source: Daily Graphic/Ghana