453 WASSCE Candidates’ Results
Cancelled
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The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has
cancelled the entire results of 453 students who took
part in this year’s West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
WAEC further noted that investigations are underway
on 119 schools for engaging in mass cheating during
the exams.
The council has also withheld results of candidates
from 185 secondary schools for “alleged examination
irregularities.
The National Head of WAEC Ghana, Very Reverend
Samuel Ollenu made these known at a press
conference in Accra to announce the formal release of
the 2015 WASSCE results.
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In his remarks Reverend Ollenu stated that the cases
of mass cheating were identified due to the
introduction of a new anti-malpractice software. He
said: “Following the conclusion of investigations of
cases of examination malpractices detected during the
conduct of the examination, 1,859 candidates had
their subject results canceled and 453 candidates had
their entire results cancelled.
“Additionally, the entire results of candidates
presented by 185 schools have been withheld while
investigations into alleged examination irregularities
are being conducted. This number includes 119
schools which were involved in mass cheating the
objective test and were identified with the aid of the
new anti-malpractice software which were call item
deferential profile,” he added.
A total of 268,771 candidates took part in the exams
from 868 public and private second cycle schools.
Credit : WAEC
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