The Head of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi, has disclosed that the council has received anonymous calls accusing some schools of taking money from students to help them cheat in examination.
Speaking on GTV on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, John Kapi expressed concern over the alarming number of malpractice cases recorded in the 2025 BECE, stating that some school authorities charge as little as GH¢5 per student to assist them during the examination.
He attributed the rise in examination malpractices to financial motivation, adding that the council is yet to conduct its own research to better understand the root causes. "We haven't done a scientific study into it [malpractices], but information we have received indicate that the basic motivation for this trend is monetary because a lot of anonymous people send information to us indicating centers where school authorities are charging certain amounts of money to provide assistance to the candidates at the examination halls," he said. "In some areas, we are told that they would charge a higher amount for a core paper and a lower amount for the elective papers.
For BECE, I'm told, again, some of these things happen but we haven't had concrete evidence.
