Over 600 parents gathered at the West African Examination Council (WAEC) office in Sunyani, Bono region, to demand the release of their children’s WASSCE results.
WAEC had withheld the results of some candidates over alleged examination malpractices. Some subject results of candidates from 235 schools have been withheld for giving artificial intelligence-generated answers during the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
WAEC has also withheld the subject results of 4,280 candidates and the entire results of 1,005 for various suspected offences.
During a meeting with the parents, WAEC stated that the only option for the affected students was to rewrite the papers. This decision angered the parents, who argued that their children were not at fault and should not be made to rewrite any paper.
The parents emphasized that their children had studied hard and should not be punished for the negligence of the exam invigilators who failed to supervise them properly during the exams.
Spokesperson for the parents, Mr. Agyemang Prempeh, who engaged the media expressed their frustration, stating that the innocent children should not suffer for the mistakes of others. He called on the government to intervene, noting that the affected students’ peers were already in tertiary institutions.