The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has apprehended three people at the Ascension Senior High School in the Ashanti Region over examination malpractice and exam paper leakage.

An English Literature teacher and a candidate – both from the same school were arrested for trying to sneak foreign materials containing solved questions to other candidates, Thursday, April 7.

According to the Ashanti Regional Branch Controller for WAEC, Alex Bosompem, the headmaster, [Ekow Quashie] who happened to be around at the time of the incident also had questions of some yet-to-be-written papers on his mobile phone.

“The candidate led a [WAEC] depot keeper who caught her in the action to the female literature teacher. According to the girl, the female teacher gave her the answers to be given to the students in the examination hall,” he indicated.

The WAEC police in Ashanti region is also after the syndicate who provided exam papers to school authorities of Ascension Senior High School.

Some questions of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) leaked hours before the papers were taken. The papers include Physics practical, Social Studies, Integrated Science, and Oral English.

WAEC in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Department deployed a team to a school where there was a limited spread of the exam papers.

WAEC also identified two schools in the Eastern Region for engaging in exam malpractice.

According to Joy News sources, the contact and Online ID of the person who leaked the social studies paper has been found and handed over to the security officers.

Joy News checks indicate that government has directed the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) to take over investigations into the leakage of exam papers, which was initially handled by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Police.

“They were handed over to the WAEC police. They have been granted bail but this morning (Friday), they were interrogated by WAEC officials, station officer at the WAEC police, Chief Inspector Gladys Amenyo told Joy News.

Meanwhile, the ranking member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Prof Dominic Fobih, says parliament is disturbed at the perennial leakages of examination questions.

He suggested, “harsher measures” in dealing with the menace.

“We will not be looking at the conventional recommendations that have been given all the time…we will take different measures and consider if WAEC should be left alone to do its own administration and supervision?” he indicated.