General News of Wednesday, 14 September 2016Source: citifmonline.comWAEC withholds BECE results of 321 schoolsA total of 461,013 candidates sat for the exams in June this yearThe entire results of candidates from 321 schools that wrote this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination have been withheld by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for alleged examinations irregularities. A statement signed by Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe noted that some candidates had their entire results cancelled while some had their subjects cancelled for engaging in examination malpractice. “Following the conclusion of investigations into cases of examination malpractice detected during the conduct of the examination: One hundred and eighty-eight (188) candidates had their subject results cancelled. The candidates were from a total of 14,267 schools and the examination was administered at 1,598 centres. The Council revealed that with the help of Item Differentia Profile (IDP) software, candidates from 1,025 schools who were identified to have cheated had the relevant subject results cancelled.

Source: GhanaWeb September 14, 2016 13:07 UTC