Kofi Asare, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, an educational pressure group, has stated that the
West African Education Council(WAEC) has been overtaken by technology due to its inability to control the
leakages of examination questions yearly.
The executive director made this assertion in an interview with GhanaWeb. This comes on the back of numerous
leakages of WASSCE questions in recent times.
Stating his views about the credibility of the examination coordination body, Mr. Asare said “We don’t have an
issue with WAEC, we have an issue with the quality of exams WAEC conducts. I think WAEC is a credible
institution but they have been overtaken by technology and so what was leaking 20 years ago when I was in
Benkum Senior High School may be the same as what is leaking today.
“But 20 years ago, there was no WhatsApp, so a leakage that would have lingered in Accra is universal now
within seconds because of a facilitating technology and leakages that couldn’t have been commercialised and
only shared in-person are now being leaked onto social media platforms like Telegram where there are about
100,000 subscribers and being marketed to reach all students.”
