Former Member of Parliament for Agona West in the Central Region, Cynthia Morrison, has alleged that examination centres are allegedly charging schools GHC2,500 each to cook for invigilators, external invigilators, and to clean the compound in the ongoing BECE.
According to Cynthia Morrison, she received reports yesterday of some schools in the Greater Accra Region charging GH¢2,500, GH¢1,500 and GH¢2,000 from BECE candidates.
Speaking in an interview on Adom FM on May 5, 2026, Cynthia Morrison alleged, “Yesterday, I received several reports from the Greater Accra Region concerning the ongoing BECE. Some schools in Spintex are charging GH¢2,500, Mamprobi students GH¢1,500 and Abeka GH¢2,000.
“A friend at Abeka explained that the money is used to buy food, clean the school and give some to external invigilators.
“But how do you charge a student who is writing exams GH¢2,500? For what purpose?” she fumed.
She further condemned the practice, saying, “So what at all are we teaching our children with these practices?”
In other news, John Kapi, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Head of Public Affairs, has revealed that seven Teachers have been engaged in alleged examination malpractice during the ongoing 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
According to John Kapi, the arrests were made across three regions: the Central, Bono and Ashanti Regions.
He disclosed that three of the teachers were arrested in the Central Region, two in the Bono Region, and two in the Ashanti Region.
The Head of Public Affairs at WAEC disclosed that five of the teachers smuggled mobile phones into the examination halls, adding that investigations revealed that some solved questions on external platforms.
He further detailed that others fed questions into AI tools such as ChatGPT, while some took snapshots of examination questions.
Mr Kapi disclosed that some of the suspects relied on ChatGPT to generate answers, which were then dictated to candidates during the examinations.
He further highlighted that the two remaining suspects had no phones but were implicated in the malpractice scheme, one caught distributing prepared answers to candidates and the other duplicating answer sheets intended for candidates.
According to him, the suspect has been handed over to various police stations for investigation.
Meanwhile, the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination began on, Monday, May 4, with over 620,000 candidates across Ghana sitting for the exams.
The exams conducted by the West African Examinations Council will run until May 11, with 620,141 candidates from 20,395 schools set to participate.
The exam officials have disclosed that they have tightened measures to curb malpractice, taking a firm stance against examination malpractice.
Of the 620,000 candidates, 304,349 are boys, and 315,792 are girls, with the 2026 BECE candidate increasing by 16,813 candidates, or 2.7%, compared to the 2025 BECE 603,328 candidates.
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