Ghana’s private schools push for scraping of WAEC

CURSORY: The organization regulating private schools in Ghana has pushed for the scraping off of WAEC, with the argument that the exam body was too rigid and outdated.

Private basic and secondary schools in Ghana have began a campaign to get the West African Examination Council (WAEC) scrapped.

The Ghana National Council for Private Schools (GNACOPS), which regulates the activities of thousands of member schools, has said the council has outlived its usefulness.

National Executive Director for GNACOPS, Kwesi Enoch Nana Gyetuah has said the rigid examination regime of the WAEC is not consistent with modern tenets of education.

He said, it is absurd that a single exam will determine whether a student can move on to their next stage academically despite all the time spent in secondary school.

“Somebody goes to school for nine years, 12 years, sits in WAEC exams – let’s say WASSCE or BECE – and then they [WAEC] will come and tell you that you have failed in Mathematics, you have failed English and because of that your line is truncated you can’t develop anymore,” said GNACOPS.

The call by GNACOPS follows a report by WAEC that dozens of people at private schools were caught impersonating candidates in the 2022 WASSCE exams.

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