WASSCE 2019 begins at the national level | General News 2019-04-24

General News of Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

2019-04-24

The West African High School Diploma Examination (WASSCE) began yesterday fully: over 340,000 candidates sat for their first major subject, oral English.

The candidates, comprising 170,867 men and 175,231 women, began their theoretical and theoretical presentations on April 15.

As part of efforts to combat examination errors, particularly identity theft, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) introduced biometric verification of students.

However, the Ghanaian Times observed that some exam centers were having trouble with the checking machine.

In an interview with Mr. Theo-Thad Mor-Sarcoh, director of St Martins High School in Nsawam, in the East region, the students were not checked because the battery of gadgets was exhausted.

At Nsawam High School, some 403 candidates pbaded the oral exam in English. The Ghanaian Times found that they had not been checked yet, although they had already started to take the exams.

The school principal, Miss Anita Jackson, explained that her outfit had received the gadget in the morning with the exam questions.

She said the gadget had a weak battery, adding that it needed to be charged for 24 hours.

Evangel Kelvin Ainoo reported to St Thomas Aquinas High School in Accra that at least 580 final year students had been enrolled to take the exam this year (WASSCE), according to Mr. Emmanuel Dogodzi, head of the department of guidance and counseling. .

He told the Ghanaian Times that among the steps needed to prepare students for the WASSCE exam, there were weekly seminars organized by school authorities to guide them in the answer format to the questions.

Mr Dogodzi said the school management had expressed the hope that students would excel at the WASSCE exam following their simulation and their other internal evaluations.

According to Mr. Dogodzi, the students who were the first to take the WASSCE exams hesitated, but because of guidance and counseling, some were able to take courage and prepare to pbad the exams. examinations.

David Vifa, a senior year student in general arts at the school, said that teachers had built a solid foundation for preparing them for WASSCE.

He said the students had been introduced to some of the abusive practices of the WAEC exam and that it had been advised to them not to become a victim.

"Our race would be better than last year, even if they had A and B, but our performance this year will be superb and will surprise the general public," he said.

The situation was no different at Presbyterian High School in Osu, with candidates seated in batches to write their work.

The WASSCE, which qualifies candidates for higher education institutions, is expected to end on 7 June.