Illegal students registration: WAEC arrests former headmaster

Mr Dery was arrested based on allegations of defrauding the public through deceptive practices related to the West African Senior School Certificate Examination School Candidate (WASSCE (SC) 2024 registration and is assisting the Kintampo police with further investigation and legal proceedings.

He explained that while awaiting a response from the council, Mr Dery employed various platforms, including social media, and local and desperate and unsuspecting prospective examination candidates to register for the WASSCE(SC), 2024.

Mr Kapi said it was worth noting that as part of the dynamics in examination profiteering, dealers engaged in fictitious registration of candidates and during the period for the examinations, they blamed the WAEC for not capturing the details of those persons for the examination.

“The examination is meant for candidates who are in their final year in senior high school and so, any other category of persons who register for this examination are regarded as unqualified candidates,” the PRO cautioned the public.

Describing such schools as “banner schools”, he said the council believed that there were more of them that were luring and registering unsuspecting prospective examination candidates at exorbitant fees.

They are set up purposely to register candidates for the examination

 “The registration of candidates who are not in any regular school will be annulled if found out,” Mr Kapi emphasised.