Nine
individuals
have
been
arrested
over
examination
malpractices
in
the
ongoing
Basic
Education
Certificate
Examination
(BECE).
The
arrests,
which
include
seven
teachers
occurred
in
various
locations,
including
Bekwai
in
the
Ashanti
Region
and
Tema
in
the
Greater
Accra
Region.
The
examination,
which
began
on
Monday,
July
8,
proceeded
peacefully
despite
prior
concerns
about
the
rising
incidence
of
exam
malpractices
in
previous
years.
However,
speaking
to
Channel
One
News,
John
Kapi,
Head
of
Public
Affairs
at
the
West
African
Examination
Council
(WAEC),
confirmed
the
arrest
but
assured
that
the
council
is
working
with
relevant
stakeholders
to
tighten
security
measures.
“We
also
arrested
one
person
at
Nkoranza
Senior
High
School.
One
person
at
Chemu
Senior
High
School,
Tema.
And
then
two
also
in
the
Bono
region.
Also,
there
were
two
others,
I
will
call
them
outsiders.
They
were
not
related
to
the
examination
but
were
trying
to
have
access
to
the
candidates.
Seven
teachers
and
two
outsiders.”
“So
we
have
deployed
a
few
more
monitors
to
those
flashpoints
and
we
have
also
appealed
to
our
partners
in
the
security
agencies
to
ensure
that
their
presence
is
also
felt
in
those
areas
to
ensure
that
the
people,
you
know,
do
not,
continue
with
this
kind
of
practice
He
further
stated
that
the
seven
arrested
teachers
will
be
reported
to
the
Ghana
Education
Service
for
further
action.
“Well,
when
we
pick
up
teachers
like
this,
we
hand
their
names
over
to
the
Director
General
of
the
Ghana
Education
Service
because
they
are
not
actually
our
employees.
So
the
director
general
would
be
in
a
position
to,
instruct
the
teachers
council
to
take
disciplinary
action
against
them.”
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