The Head of Public Relations at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi has urged students partaking in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to refrain from inducing invigilators and examiners to aid them.
According to him, candidates should focus on doing independent work, adding that they can pass without cheating.
“Go out there and put in your best, we don’t want to see those messages they leave in the answer booklet. We don’t want to see any of those monies they put in those books or phone numbers asking examiners to call and negotiate with them,” he stated.
He also cautioned invigilators and stakeholders against jeopardising the future of the students by aiding them with unapproved materials and conducts in the exam centres.
“We should not be people through whom the young ones are going to terminate their education. If we help them, we are simply telling them that it is possible to cheat your way through life,” he said.
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The exam which started on Wednesday, has seen no reports of misconduct so far, a situation the exam body attributes partly to stringent measures it put in place after some invigilators and parents were found culpable of marring the conduct of the process during last month’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
Mr Kapi says the Council is hopeful the smooth process will continue until the last paper on September 20.
“For now, we have not recorded any incident, it is exciting but then it is our prayer that it goes on this way until we get to the end,” he said.
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