The West African Examination Council today at a press conference has pointed out that several candidates has been caught with mobile phones on them in the examination halls in the ongoing WASSCE.
According to them, during the Government paper, eighty-six mobile phones were seized from the candidates at Otoo Memorial SHS Bibiani.
Addressing the media, Head of Public Affairs, John K. Kapi indicated that at Otoo Memorial senior High school, Bibiani their monitoring team was kept at the gate for close to ten minutes, where the team has to use an alternative route to gain access into the school. It was at this centre that eighty-six mobile phones were picked up from the candidates.
Mr John K. Kapi further disclosed that at Only Believe SHS , Kukurantumi, a national service person attempted to write the Government paper for one of the candidates but he run out of luck as he was apprehended by the WAEC staff and handed over to the police.
Mr Kapi opined that the council has caught quite number of candidates with prepared notes, text books and pages torn from their textbooks with intention of using them to their advantage in the examination hall.
He assured Ghanaians that the council will stop at nothing to ensure that sanity continues to prevail in the ongoing examination.