International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 100 - Number 7 |
Year of Publication: 2014 |
Authors: Derick Folson, Francis Kwadwo Awuah |
10.5120/17536-8113 |
Derick Folson, Francis Kwadwo Awuah . Combating Examination Malpractices in the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) in Ghana. International Journal of Computer Applications. 100, 7 ( August 2014), 12-23. DOI=10.5120/17536-8113
On annual basis, WAEC furnish Ghanaians with a stunning number of candidates who are caught cheating in their examinations. WAEC cancels the results of such candidates and even hand some culprits over to the Police for prosecution at the courts. But cheating continues and in most cases, increases year by year. There has been allegations and counter-allegations as to how and why these examination malpractices is on the increase in Ghana. In an attempt to unravel the mysteries of malpractices surrounding the conduct of the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), funding was sought from education-oriented Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and recruited thirty fresh graduates from Ghanaian universities and guided them to gain teaching appointments in schools that are noted by the community to indulge in examination malpractices, but for one reason or the other, has never been caught red-handed. The accounts of these thirty recruits spread across all the ten regions of Ghana forms the basis of this paper.