The Headmistress of Ahantaman Girls’ Senior High School, Madam Ernestina Kankam, has recounted how a student came into the school with an aggregate of 14 but could not write her name.
Her revelations come amid the reports of exam malpractice in schools during final exams and the mass failure of the 2025 WASSCE candidates.
According to the headmistress of Ahantaman Girls’ SHS, the student who scored an aggregate of 14 in the BECE could not even write her own name upon admission and later admitted that a teacher had taken the exam on her behalf.
Speaking during an interview, the headmistress of Ahantaman Girls’ SHS stated, “ I have a particular example, just those who wrote the exams, a student came in with an aggregate of 14 and could not write her name. I mean those who just finished.
I was here when the economics teacher brought me her exam paper, and when he came in with the academic assistant, they told me they could not solve the problem. They handed over the paper to me, she had scribbled, she couldn’t write a single sentence correctly, but she had aggregated 14. When we delved into it, I think the teacher wrote it for her because she could not have written it herself, and she confessed that Teacher Takyi helped her.
I wanted to follow up, but could not; it was serious”. She added.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the news stated, “A whole student with an aggregate 14 but couldn’t even write her own name… that one weak me.
This is exactly how exam malpractice comes back to disgrace everyone later.
We can’t be “importing” results and expect miracles at WASSCE”.
“That revelation is deeply worrying. If teachers are writing BECE papers for students, we are setting them up for failure at the SHS level and beyond. This isn’t just about poor WASSCE performance; it’s a systemic integrity crisis that demands urgent investigation and corrective action”, a netizen added.
One more Ghanaian added, “These were real issues happening under Akufo-Addo. Quality education was sacrificed at the expense of political power. They only want us to say FSHS, and we still have the highest pass rates – the very people who are getting good grades struggle to cope when they get admitted to the universities. Quality education did not only affect schools under the Education Service, but the TVET Institutions were also sacrificed under it. It’s my hope that this government will do all the right things and restore Ghana’s education to the highest level”.
“Sadly, this is true, but if you live in the “big cities and towns”, you’ll find this hard to believe that someone who’s sat for BECE wouldn’t be able to write their name, but it’s very real. There’s real trouble in some schools in some places, and until I experienced it, I never believed”, an X user added.
Also, Prof Stephen Adei, a renowned educationist, has said stricter invigilation prevented cheating that could have inflated scores in the 2025 WASSCE results.
The renowned educationist asserted that the decline exposed the long-standing weaknesses in Ghana’s education system.
According to him, stronger exam supervision by WAEC has limited the extensive cheating that often increases results.
Prof Adei further noted that Ghana’s results depend not so much on the students’ performance, but also on how many people get away with murder.
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Mad. Ernestina Kankam, headmistress of Ahantaman Girls’ SHS, has highlighted a troubling case amid reports of exam malpractice in schools during final exams.
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