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WAEC MUST SAFEGUARD 2025 WASSCE INTEGRITY; NAME AND SHAME EXAM MALPRACTICE ACTORS AND START FROM WITHIN
ACCRA, GHANA – August 4, 2025 – As the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) commences on August 5, the LEAD Impact Foundation (LEAD IF) issues this stern call to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to take decisive and unwavering action to protect the integrity of the examination. The rampant and often brazen examination malpractices that have plagued the WASSCE in recent years threaten to render the certificate worthless, and the time for rhetoric is over.
The sanctity of the WASSCE certificate is under an unprecedented threat from organized criminal syndicates that operate with the collusion of individuals entrusted with its administration. These illegal activities, ranging from question leakages to invigilator-assisted cheating, make a mockery of the efforts of honest, hardworking students and devalue the quality of Ghana’s education system both locally and internationally.
The time for vague promises and internal sanctions, which have proven ineffective, is over. LEAD IF demands a policy of ZERO TOLERANCE and RADICAL TRANSPARENCY. We charge WAEC to publicly name and shame any and all individuals and institutions found culpable in perpetrating examination fraud.
This must include:
- Permanent WAEC Staff: Any employee of the Council found to be involved in this criminal enterprise must be exposed and handed over for prosecution.
- Temporary Staff: Invigilators, supervisors, and depot-keepers who facilitate malpractice must be publicly identified, blacklisted, and face legal consequences.
- Educational Institutions: Second-cycle schools, whether public or private, that serve as “cheating centres” must be named, with severe sanctions imposed on their administration.
- Individuals: Headmasters, teachers, and any other persons who collude to undermine the examination process must be held publicly accountable and face legal consequences to serve as a powerful deterrent to others.
Failure to act decisively will render the WASSCE certificate worthless on the global stage and will mean we are consciously producing a generation of students with excellent grades but hollow minds. The damage to our national human capital will be irreparable.
This is not a task for WAEC alone. We call on the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service, security agencies, and all parents to support this call for integrity.
LEAD Impact Foundation (LEAD IF) remains committed to advocating for quality education in Ghana. We will be monitoring the conduct of the 2025 WASSCE closely and will not hesitate to call out institutional failures that compromise the future of our youth.
We expect nothing less than a clean, fair, and credible examination.
Signed
HAMMOND, Wisdom
Co-Founder,
LEAD Impact Foundation (LEAD IF)
Contact: 0597843201
ADJEI, Humphrey
Co-Founder,
LEAD Impact Foundation (LEAD IF)
0243225168
About LEAD Impact Foundation:
LEAD Impact Foundation (LEAD IF) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to driving positive change in Ghana through initiatives focused on Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Digital Skills, and the fight against Drug abuse.
media@leadimpactfoundation.org Phone: +233 597 843 201 or +233 243 225 168
