Two days into the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) for School and Private Candidates, 16 teachers, some of them examination officials, have been arrested at various examination centres in the country over complicity in examination malpractice.
They were arrested by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) and local agents recruited by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), and handed over to the police.All 16 are being processed for court.
Arrests
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Head of the Public Relations Unit of WAEC, John Kapi, said three teachers — Patience Serwaah, Oscar Ben Azumah and Thomas Gyimadu — were picked up for trying to assist candidates at the Save our Souls exam centre at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region.
Two others, Christian Osei and Kyei Baffour Alex, who were unrelated to the examination but came around the same centre, were also arrested for attempting to assist the candidates.
Mr Kapi …