64th WAEC annual meeting opens in Accra

President John Mahama has formally opened the 64th Annual Council meeting of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in Accra. 

The five day meeting is being attended by delegates from Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. 

President Mahama said examination fraud and forgery of certificates must be confronted directly and aggressively. 

He said these practices threaten the very existence of WAEC and blurs the future of the continent's youth.

President Mahama in this regard charged the WAEC to ensure that the malpractices that resulted in the 2015 BECE leakages and subsequent cancellation of the papers does not occur again.

 President Mahama recounted his school days and the numerous times he had to respond to WAEC calls to rectify one problem or the other hence his decision to honor the invitation to formally opened the meeting despite the late invitation and his tight schedules.

Obviously not happy about examination malpractices that resurface almost every year, President Mahama said though the council has maintained its dominant stance in examination conduction, failure to tackle the challenges head on with all aggression will gradually send the council's hard earned reputation to the ground.

Education Minister Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman said the statistics with regards to examination malpractices among member countries is not the best. 

She said no one can cheat their way through life, hence the need for students to be made it understand that phenomenon.

The formal opening of the council's annual meeting was also to honour students who made all A's in their WASSCE. 

Dubbed international excellence awards, Jessica Ayeley Quaye, Ruth Awuraama Awudzi and Danielle Amo-Mensah, all of the Wesley Girls High School won the top three awards. 

Professor of chemistry at the KNUST, professor Anthony Adimado was also honored with the distinguish friend of council award.
 

GBC