WASSCE wahala: 'Apor' swerve and 3 other occurrences since the start of exams
This year's West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) took off with a lot of issues just like every other year.
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The issues ranged from chaos, excessive social distancing, difficult examinations, apor swerve, and late commencement of papers, to access to questions before the paper began.
One such issue was the leakage of the examination questions which were expected to be confidential until seen by the students.
YEN.com.gh has compiled all the senior high schools that have been in the news so far for one issue or another since the WASSCE started.
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1. Sekondi College
YEN.com.gh sighted a video of some final year students at Sekondi College in the Western region abusing President Akufo-Addo because they faced difficulties in their examination.
In the video shared by Kwesi Aduamoah, the group of boys is seen and heard raining insults on the first gentleman of the land because they could not write the examinations they sat for.
One of them is heard saying the president should award them with marks even though they did not work for them.
Another is heard reminding the president about the fact that he is also in his final year and looking forward to people to push him forward.
2. Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School
A student at Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School has revealed they got the Integrated Science II paper ahead of time.
According to him, it was because they sat for their paper two hours after the official time from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) since they protested against their headmaster.
Due to their access to mobile phones, which makes communication very easy, the students had the questions from their fellow students who had finished the paper by then.
3. Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical School
Final year students at Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical in Damongo have destroyed the school’s properties in an angry protest.
Their actions follow the 1.5 metre social distancing seating protocol in the examination hall which they are strongly against.
In a report filed by Joy News, they first destroyed the lighting system in the school which plunged the whole campus into complete darkness.
4. Juaben Senior High School
Students at Jauben Senior High School in the Eastern Region reportedly demonstrated over 'apor' swerving them.
5. Mim Senior High School
Some students of Mim Senior High School in the Ahafo Region of Ghana have already thrown in the towel prior to their final paper in the ongoing WASSCE.
The WASSCE exams, which are still ongoing, began on August 3.
In a video making the rounds on social media, some teenage students are seen bitterly complaining that their science paper was difficult.
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In other news, the Eastern Regional Police Command is investigating the teacher who is alleged to have provided answers to some students in the ongoing WASSCE.
According to Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the police are currently looking into the matter and the GES is assisting the police.
He also noted that the teacher who was arrested has been granted bail by the police but the GES has also indicted him.
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