The West Africa Examination Council has exposed some senior high schools who are charging huge amounts of money for the registration of the 2023 WASSCE.
In a press release on Wednesday, 15th March, 2023, WAEC named the following schools as institutions charging an amount between GH¢1,200.00 and GH¢6,750.00 to register students for the exams and also help them pass with good grades. They include;
- Olistar Senior High/Technical School, Abesim
- Gateway SHS, Sunyani
- Lawrence SHS, Sunyani
- First Class SHS, Achimota (A1 assured)
- Martin Luther SHS, Kintampo (No risk of results cancellation, 100% support by teaching staff, 100% WASSCE results assured)
WAEC revealed that no prospective candidate should pay any of such amount to any school for the 2023 WASSCE registration. The right amount charged for the 7 or 8 papers of the 2023 WASSCE is GH¢381.24. This figure is exclusive of the fees for practical or oral tests which range between GH¢14.50 and GH¢19.50 per practical test.
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The general public is to note that the sanctions for the registration of non-school/unqualified candidate(s) for school candidates’ examinations and the fabrication and/or falsification of continuous assessment scores for the candidates are;
- De-recognition of the affected school for not less than 1 year;
- Report made to the Ministry of Education or the appropriate WAEC Board for disciplinary action against the responsible person(s);
- Withholding of the entire results of the non-school/unqualified candidate, pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate Committee of the Council.
Due to this, WAEC has carried out inspection of schools that have requested for accreditation to enable them present candidates for the examination. Some existing schools have also been re-inspected to ensure that they meet the required standards in terms of personnel, infrastructure, equipment and other relevant facilities.
Reports received indicate that some of the schools are not operating as regular schools but have been set up for ‘remedial’ examination purposes, thereby demanding high registration fees from candidates, ostensibly to assist them cheat during the examination. The Council will take appropriate action against these schools.
