Authorities of the Secondary Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES) say they have adequately prepared students of the three-year Senior High School (SHS) system to write the upcoming West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Reverend Simon Asige, Director of the Secondary Division of the GES gave the assurance at the 65th speech and prize giving day of the Ahantaman Girls Senior high School in Sekondi.
The speech day was held on the theme “Developing the Female Child Education, a collaborative effort of all stakeholders”.
He allayed the fears of parents that the three year students would not perform well, and urged them to advise their wards to avoid examination malpractices.
Rev. Asige described this year’s WASSCE examination as unprecedented, saying the world was watching Ghana as to how the combined two different year groups would excel in the examination.
In view of this, the GES has put measures in place to ensure an incident free programme, and admonished parents and guardians to support tutors to counsel their wards to behave well in the examination rooms.
He said some of the measures taken include the early vacation of other students in order to pave way for enough classrooms for the final year students to write their examination.
The Secondary Education Director cautioned that detectors would be installed in the schools to expose students who conceal foreign materials on them.
He said it was not pleasant that 3,000 students had their results cancelled due to examination malpractice and asked students to guard against that.
Touching on the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the Education Director hinted that considering the concerns of parents and guardians the examination would be written in June instead of April.