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[ 2015-04-23 ]
Joy FM uncovers examination fraud syndicate Joy News investigations have uncovered a syndicate
fraudulently leaking examination questions in the
ongoing 2015 West Africa Senior Secondary
Certificate Examination to individuals and some
top schools, and taking huge sums of money for
it.
The syndicate, allegedly made up of teachers and a
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) official
who works in its printing room leaks the questions
14 hours before the exam time.
Joy News' investigative reporter, Kwetey Nartey
who posed as a school proprietor got in touch with
a member of the syndicate, Edmund a tutor in one
of the Senior High Schools.
In his attempt to prove just how credible the
syndicate is and how effective their leaks have
been thus far, Edmund said:
"The thing [leak] is true as you were told. That's
what we did. Some questions were solved before we
gave it to them [schools]," he told Nartey on
their first meeting.
The syndicate has allegedly been leaking the
questions over the last three years.
A member of the syndicate is even accusing some
schools of defaulting in the payment for the
leaked questions.
"Last year we gave a school all the questions now
[that] we finished the paper, [calls to] give us
the money and is now a problem," the accomplice
said.
Each leaked paper goes for 1,500 cedis, Nartey
reported, and the syndicate has a number of high
profile schools and individuals they deal with.
According to Kwetey Nartey, the leaking strategy
for this year's WASSCE exams was disclosed to him
some two months ago.
"We have been finding solution to how to get the
paper and we are finding solution to make sure
that paper is delivered at the right [time],"
Edmund said.
Since this year's examination began, the syndicate
has been receiving scanned papers and leaked
questions from an official from the WAEC printing
room.
The leaked questions are then duplicated and sent
to schools and individuals who are ready to do
business.
The police have been alerted and have begun
investigations into the activities of the
syndicate.
Source - Joy News
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