The Kasoa-Ofaakor District Magistrate Court has sentenced three individuals to a total of 20 months in prison for their roles in examination malpractice during the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The convicts are Samuel Armah, a teacher at Ghana College SHS, and two university students, Kwame Oteng Nkansah and Amedeka James. They were arrested in Kasoa for engaging in various exam-related offences.
Armah, who served as an invigilator, was caught with leaked answers to the Social Studies Paper 1 on his phone, which he was dictating to candidates. He was fined 80 penalty units and handed an eight-month jail term.
Nkansah, a Level 100 student at Accra Technical University, was convicted of impersonating a candidate, Quayson Francis Atta, of Ghana College SHS. He was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 80 penalty units.
James, a Level 100 student at the University of Ghana, also received a six-month prison term and an 80 penalty unit fine after impersonating his twin brother, Amedeka Justice, during the exam.
During a monitoring visit to one of the centres, Chief Executive of the Awutu Senya East Municipality, Seth Sabah Sewornoo-Banini, observed lapses in seating arrangements and promised tighter measures to prevent further malpractice.
Municipal Education Director, Frank-Etrue Hayford, also condemned the misconduct, stressing his office’s commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the WASSCE.
