12 teachers arrested for alleged misconduct in the BECE
The 12 were arrested by security personnel from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), in collaboration with the National Security on Monday.
Abena Takyiwaa 
A headmaster and eleven teachers have been arrested for alleged misconduct in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The 12 were arrested by security personnel from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), in collaboration with the National Security on Monday.
They were picked up at two examination centers in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region and the Senase R/C Basic School in Berekum of the Bono Region.
It was disclosed in an interview that a teacher at the Offinso State ‘A’ Junior High School was allegedly caught collecting money from the candidates while distributing the social studies answer booklets at the Offinso Methodist JHS examination center. The teacher admitted to collecting the money but explained that the candidates decided to contribute the money to her for free.
However, WAEC officials presumes that the money was meant to dirupt a decent examination process to make way for examination malpractice among the students.
Meanwhile in the Offinso Municipality, nine teachers and a headteacher were arrested at the Dwamena Akenten M/A JHS examination center after they were spotted solving the objective part of the social studies paper in the morning.
Then at the Senase R/C Basic School center, an invigilator, Ransford Osei was arrested for allegedly taking shots of the social studies paper, which was being written in the morning, and sending the snapshots to a friend to solve for him. Osei, however escaped when he was being escorted by the police.
Mrs. Wendy Addy-Lamptey, Head of the National Office of WAEC assured candidates that they can pass their exams without cheating.
