In March 2021, Ghana swept all the top three International Excellence awards instituted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which seeks to honour candidates with outstanding performance in WASSCE.
The trio, Cecil Tetteh Kumah, Godfred Aseda Obeng and Afua Manukure Ansah took first, second and third position respectively and were awarded at the 69th annual council meeting of the organisation in Accra.
Out of the 465 candidates who had aggregate ‘A’ in eight subjects in the examination, 411 of them were Ghanaians. Also, the three Overall Excellent Awards were taken by Ghanaian students which leads to the commendations from both the President and his Vice.
Reacting to this in an interview with Adom-nana Piesie Yaw of Ewiase FM, the Deputy Communications Officer for the biggest opposition party NDC in the Wenchi Constituency in the Bono Region, Mr. Abdul Mumin Carlos who is a teacher commends his fellow teachers and the students for such performance.
He sited the Monday, August 3, 2020 incident at Tweneboa Kodua SHS when students vandalized school properties to register their displeasure for the “strict” nature of invigilators during their exams. Similar cases were recorded in some schools where students bitterly complained about the sitting arrangements which they say hindered them from cheating and some students insulting the President as some of the incidents which makes him doubt the credibility of the results.
“I am very happy for the performance of the students as Ghanaian but I don’t want to believe that the performance is as a result of examinations malpractices as it speculated when the students were writing the exams”, he said.
Story by: Adom-nana Piesie Yaw Preko [Ewiase FM]
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