The Ga Central Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Aristo Aryee, has called on school authorities and stakeholders in education to put the necessary measures in place to ensure that students do not cheat during examinations.
Referring to the statistics on examination malpractice in last year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), in which about 8,000 instances of malpractice were recorded, the MCE said the practice was dangerous to the nation’s development, hence the need to initiate actions to address the canker.
Mr Aryee made the call in a speech read on his behalf by Mr Andrew Charway, the Ga Central Deputy Co-ordinating Director, at a programme organised for final-year senior high school (SHS) students at the Odorgonno SHS at Awoshie in Accra.
The programme was initiated by the Ga Central Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Ga Central Municipal Office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to encourage the students to focus on their preparations towards the WASSCE.
It was also to advise the students to adhere to instructions given by their teachers and desist from acts that were likely to affect their examination results.
The Ga Central Municipal Director of the NCCE, Madam Cynthia Anima Boadu, advised the students not to decouple their rights from responsibilities, so that they could take over the mantle of future leadership.
The Headmistress of the Odorgonno SHS, Dr Mrs Shine Ofori, took the students through the rules and regulations of the examination so that they would not fall foul of regulations governing it.
