BECE 2025: Exam Supervisor Caught on Camera Colluding With Invigilators To Enable Exam Malpractices
- An examination supervisor has landed in trouble over a confession she made about the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE)
- This comes after she was recorded on camera stating that she is not opposed to BECE candidates seeking help during the exams
- Netizens who reacted to the utterances of the woman have shared varied opinions on the credibility of the BECE
The credibility of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) has suffered a major blow in the wake of Joy News' explosive documentary centred on examination malpractices.
In the wake of this, an examination supervisor, Mercy Asuka, has grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons after her conversation with some invigilators at the exam centre was secretly filmed.
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The video, which has since gone viral and was sighted by YEN.com.gh on the X page of Joy News, showed the middle-aged woman seated and having a discussion with some invigilators at a centre.
Mercy Asuka was opening up to the invigilators on the relevance of the exams to the candidates and what they meant to them.
Unaware that she was being secretly recorded, the middle-aged woman was heard admitting to the invigilators that she was willing to allow BECE candidates to cheat during the exams after expressing worry over how some candidates struggled to answer the questions.
She was then heard admonishing the invigilators on how to aid the students to cheat in the exams.
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Other GES officials exposed for exam malpractices
Some officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) were also caught allegedly colluding with invigilators to facilitate exam cheating during the 2025 BECE.
According to the documentary, reports indicated that they were receiving as little as GH¢60 as bribes.
The investigators discovered that invigilators were promised GH¢60 daily to allow students to smuggle external materials into the exam centres.
At the time of writing this report, the video had racked up over 31,000 views and 31 comments.
Watch the video below:
Reactions to documentary exposing BECE 2025 cheating
Social media users who took to the comment section of the video shared varied opinions on the documentary excerpt released by Joy News.
Maxin_check stated:
“Corruption at the top begins at the bottom, na BECE too you cheat? Ei Ghana.”
@fufu_kingkong opined:
“Instead of us using this opportunity to crack down on serious crimes, look at what we are wasting our time on. Nobody encourages examination malpractice for his or her personal gain but for the interest and well-being of the students. I won’t agree if they prosecute the culprits.”
@BilalMusah07 opined:
“The best way to reset the country is to start with our educational system. If students know they can pay and cheat their way to pass exams, what will you expect such people to do when they are to control the affairs of the country?”
WAEC shares cheating hotspots during BECE
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that WAEC disclosed areas it considers to be hotspots for examination malpractice.
In an interview, Daniel Nii Dodoo, Head of Humanities at WAEC's Test Division, said data showed that the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo regions were likely to be the areas to record the most cases of cheating.
The Ashanti Region was also mentioned as another examination malpractice hotspot.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
