2025 WASSCE: WAEC Shuts Down Exam Centre in Kumasi After Discovering Mass Cheating
- A 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination centre in Kumasi has reportedly been closed down
- The Kumasi Metro Director of Education explained the arrangements put in place for the affected candidates
- The 2025 WASSCE began on August 5 with the practical tests, while written papers began on August 20
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) shut down an examination centre in Kumasi after uncovering examination malpractices during the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The incident at the Adventist Day Senior High School in Kumasi led to the relocation of 936 candidates to the regional WAEC office.
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They are to write their English Language paper under strict supervision there.
Asaase News reported that officials have yet to provide additional information about the incident.
David Oppong, the Kumasi Metro Director of Education, said:
“So this has come to our attention of the Regional Director, and we are yet to do our investigation…[For now] the students have been bused to the WAEC centre to go and take the examination, and it is very unfortunate.
“The advice to the invigilators and supervisors is that they have to be extra careful… And if we continue to allow and encourage these things in our schools, it means we are destroying the nation. So we will ensure that the code of conduct and the rules governing the examination are applied."
About the 2025 WASSCE
The 2025 WASSCE began on August 5 with practical tests. The written papers began on August 20 and will end on September 19.
The candidates will be sitting for 65 subjects in all, and each of them will be taking an average of eight subjects.
A total of 461,640 candidates are taking the 2025 WASSCE, comprising 207,381 male candidates and 254,259 female candidates.
The examination will be conducted in about 701 examination centres across the country.
WAEC probes teacher caught with leaked questions
An invigilator at Armed Forces SHS in Burma Camp in Accra was caught with leaked WASSCE questions on his phone during a routine inspection.
The WAEC team grew suspicious due to the invigilator’s attire and later discovered exam questions on his device.
The examination body took possession of his phone and has demanded a written explanation from the teacher while it probes the incident.
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The Ghana Education Service warned that any supervisor or invigilator caught engaging in examination malpractice will be dismissed.
The acting director general of the service, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, told the press that the Ghana Education Service's council has been empowered in this regard.
GES releases funds for 2025 WASSCE practicals
In July 2025, YEN.com.gh also reported that the Ghana Education Service had released funds to cover the fees for the practical examinations.
The service said this would ensure all practicals scheduled for the 2025 WASSCE were fully supported, including the provision of materials and services.
The service also called on regional, district, and school-level authorities to utilise the funds and ensure they were spent for their intended purposes.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
