The waiting, the playing, the anticipation and the apprehension will all be over soon for the numerous students in the final year of the various SHS across the country with official exams guide out now.With some practical papers slated for as early as 22nd February, 2016 time is definitely not an ally to these students again.
The abysmal performance of students especially in the core subjects in the previous year will certainly be a driving force for these students to burn the midnight candle and excel in the exams.
WAEC is set to tighten all loose ends in its bid to check examination malpractices following alarming numbers recorded last year in some regions.
Head of International Examinations Department of the West African Examinations Council, Nii Christian Johnson described as alarming the rate of cheating in Ghanaian schools over the past five years. The council in 2009 recorded 2,373 cases of malpractices.
In 2011 the figure jumped to 4,201, and 2012 recorded 3,439 incidences. Also, students caught cheating in 2013 stood at 5,653 while in 2014 the entire country recorded a total of 8,051 exam malpractices, of which 4,000 came from one region.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has proposed measures such as annual rotation and award systems or reward packages for center invigilators who check or gives students tough time in the exams room and the use of advanced technology to curb examination malpractices in Ghana.
These measures are all aimed at reducing exams malpractice and restoring integrity for the certificate.
119 head teachers were made to sign a bond of good behaviour for assisting students to cheat in exams in the previous year to serve as deterrents to invigilators.
Results released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) last year indicated that only 25.29% of candidates who took the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) obtained A1-C6 in mathematics while 29.75% had D7-E8 and 37.17% had F9.
The result of Integrated Science also revealed that only 23.63% obtained A1-C6 while 39.19% got D7-E8 and 37.17% had F9.
For English language, 50.29% of candidates obtained A1-C6 while 30.68% obtained D7-E8 and 19.02% had F9.
The Social Studies subjects showed that 51.84% obtained A1-C6, 25.20% got D7-E8 whilst 22.94% had F9.
A total of 268,812 candidates took the examination for 810 participating schools, which represented 11% higher than the 2014 candidature
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