WAEC appeals court decision against 20 BECE students



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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will appeal the decision of a High Court of Accra ordering the Board to publish the results of 20 candidates whose documents were canceled after the Certificate of Examination of Certificate of Basic Education 2017.

The management of the WAEC made the decision to appeal against the decision ordering them to publish the results of 20 candidates who were canceled . "

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Rev. Victor Brew, Head of the Legal Department, WAEC who spoke to the RNG in an interview, stated that the Board had considered the judgment and he was of the opinion that the judgment was against the weight of the evidence

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According to Reverend Brew, the judge also erred in law.

Legal Department of WAEC said that the Council would soon file a notice of appeal and suspend the execution.High Court of Accra ordered the Council to publish the results of 20 candidates whose documents were canceled after the 2017 basic education certification examinations.

The Board was also asked to pay 100,000 GH ¢ as compensation to the affected students

Candidates were seen their results canceled after WAEC claimed that they had colluded to cheat during the exams

However, they dragged the body of review in court, accusing them of "cheating." violating their basic human rights

. conduct appropriate investigations before canceling BECE 2017 English language documents.

The affected school was the JHS A to Z based preparatory JSA at Teshie.

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