The Ghana Police Service has arrested two people in the Central region for allegedly engaging in exam malpractice in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The suspects are Albert Adu-Gyan and Yaw Adadai, tutors of PEEBLE Calvary and Oxford Santech schools respectively.
The police in a statement posted on Facebook said the arrest was made on Monday, August 7 while the final year students were writing their first paper.
“The Police on Monday, 7th August 2023, arrested two people for engaging in examination malpractices at the Dunkwa Secondary Technical Centre in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality in the Central Region,” the statement indicated.
According to the police, the two suspects were arrested when they attempted to smuggle into the examination hall some solved examination questions to candidates sitting for the BECE at the centre.
Items retrieved from the two suspects include two mobile phones and solved questions on two separate papers.
The police say both suspects are in custody and will be arraigned.
The police on this note cautioned the public against indulging in examination malpractices in the ongoing BECE.
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