The Ghana Education Service (GES) has established four security posts in conflict-prone areas to ensure the safety of candidates taking part in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which begins today, August 5, with practical sessions.

Addressing the media, the Director-General of GES, Prof Ernest Kofi Davis, outlined critical security measures aimed at guaranteeing the smooth conduct of this year’s examination.

“We are ensuring security presence in the schools, so there will be no day students this year. All candidates will remain on campus under security protection until they complete their exams,” Prof. Davis stated. “Those who need to be escorted will be taken back to the safe communities they came from. We have four security posts, one in Nkwanta and three in the Northern Region.”

On the issue of examination malpractice, Prof. Davis expressed grave concern about widespread cheating in previous years, especially in the Ashanti Region, where 76 out of 144 schools were implicated in various forms of misconduct.

“No examination malpractice will be tolerated this year,” he warned. “The GES Council has empowered us to dismiss individuals and supervisors found complicit in any form of cheating.”

This year’s WASSCE will see candidates sit for 65 subjects, with each student expected to write a minimum of eight.

The GES says it is working closely with security agencies and examination supervisors to uphold the integrity of the exams and ensure the safety and well-being of all candidates.