Two male and a female deaf and dumb students had no choice but to write the Oral English paper this year because the examining body, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), failed to exempt them from doing so. Due to their hearing impairment, such students do not write any oral examination which is usually done by listening and writing. The affected students, Abrokwa Steven and Amu Christie wrote the Oral English for senior high schools on 9th June 2011 at the Menako Exam Hall in Cantonments and Okuapeman Senior High School respectively, Luv FM’s Benjamin Henaku reported. The third person, Hlovor Kwame Francise sat for the Oral English paper on 6th September 2011 at the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates at the Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS. Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the WAEC, Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe told sit-in host of Joy FM’s Super Morning Show the news has come as a “surprise” to the council. She said WAEC has been exempting persons with hearing impairment from taking oral exams, and also made provisions for those with other impairments. Mrs Teye-Cudjoe believed there could be a probability that the guardians of theses students or their schools failed to indicate on their forms that they were deaf. She cited instances where persons who had difficulty with their sight were given papers with big font size. She however stated that the “appropriate action” would be taken to rectify the anomaly, if those students involved produced medical records to prove they are deaf. “The councils’ policy is that candidates who are hearing impaired do not take Oral English as in candidates who have other challenges in one way or the other we make the necessary provisions for them.” The guarantor of one of the affected, Amu Christie, Mr Kwame William confirmed to Myjoyonline.com that his niece was made to write the oral paper. Meanwhile, the Headmaster of the Mampong School for the Deaf, sounding a bit surprised about the development, told Myjoyonline.com Thursday that students from his school do not write the oral papers because the school indicates on the forms that they are deaf. Mr Emmanuel Asenu recalled he had a call from Mamfe Methodist Girls SHS that one of his students was there to take the oral paper, but he quickly dispatched an emissary to the exam centre to rectify the situation. He said the student in question, though he could not recollect whether he or she was one of the three mentioned students, was not made to write the examination.

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