Punishment for teachers who engage in BECE malpractice - Ghana Education Service (GES)The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed the punishment that would be given to teachers involved in Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) malpractice.
According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), “teachers caught in BECE malpractices shall have their appointment as teachers terminated.”
However, the decision to terminate appointments came after the management of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) was informed that 19 people, including teachers, were arrested for examination malpractices in the just-ended BECE examination, marking the highest number recorded since BECE commencement.
Dr. Kwabena Tandoh, Deputy Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), disclosed during a commentary interview where a teacher was caught that his office punishes teachers caught in examination malpractices every year.
“Every year, we dismiss a number of teachers who are found culpable. Just because we don’t put it out in the public doesn’t mean we don’t do anything about it,” the Deputy Director General of the Education Service stated.
In other news, the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) has urged WAEC to report teachers assigned as invigilators for the 2024 BECE who are found to be engaged in examination malpractices to the National Teaching Council (NTC).
The Executive Director of the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), Dr. Peter Partey-Anti, called on the West African Examinations Council in an interview with Starr News in an interview with Starr News to put in place adequate measures to minimize examination malpractice.
“It has been a successful exercise this year with minimal incidents. It is not advisable for any teacher to engage himself in this exercise and in that direction because you are supposed to prepare the candidate for the exams.
You must allow the candidate to work with his capability and ability to be able to know where his performance is, and that is what we wish that every teacher would do. Unfortunately, we didn’t get that, and some teachers found themselves in that light,” he stated.
Partey added, “I have said that apart from the investigation and other things that WAEC is doing, WAEC should officially report these teachers to the National Teaching Council for them to also take action on this behavior, which constitutes unprofessional misconduct.”
A total of 569,095 candidates, representing 282,648 males and 286,447 females from 19,506 private and public junior high schools, wrote the BECE, which began on Monday, July 8, 2024, and ended on Monday, July 15, 2024.
Regarding BECE for Private Candidates, about 1,366 candidates, comprising 735 males and 631 females, participated in the just-ended BECE.
Fifteen (15) centers, mainly in the regional capitals, were used for the private examination.
2,123 supervisors were assigned, 1,889 as assistant supervisors, and 19,973 as invigilators, according to the Examinations Council, to ensure the smooth conduct of the BECE for Schools held in 2,123 centers nationwide.
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