The head of the West African Examinations Council, Rev. Sam Nii Nmai Ollenu has directed that pregnant students, as well as fee-owing candidates, should be allowed to write the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE.
The 2018 WASSCE began Tuesday, April 3 with over 380,000 students writing the exam. Rev. Ollenu speaking in an interview assured Ghanaians that no person will be disallowed from writing the exams irrespective of their condition.
He said: “Exams council does not prohibit anyone, no matter your status, whether pregnant, sick or whatever from writing the exams, so, everybody is expected to be allowed and I know that the GES also has stipulated that no person pregnant or not, should be disallowed from writing the examinations and I can only hope and trust that the directive by the GES will be followed, so, I trust that they will allow them.
“But really again, we don’t determine that; it’s the Ghana Education Service that controls that aspect of examinations.â€
Regarding students who had not paid their fees, Rev. Ollenu said they will be allowed to take part in the exams.
"No, they will not be sacked so far as I’m concerned because if you don’t pay, after the exam, the GES will submit the results of those who are owing and then we will withhold their results for a while for them to pay, so, for now nobody is supposed to be prevented from writing the examinations because of their indebtedness regarding examination fees or school fees.â€, he added.
He also assured candidates and the general public that there will be no leakages of exam questions this year as has been the norm previously, as strict measures have been put in place to prevent such issues.