Students attack teachers, destroy property for not being allowed to cheat
- Final year students in a high school in Ghana destroyed school property and threatened teachers after they were prevented from cheating during exams
- One student stated that they were reliably informed that teachers from other schools aid their students by allowing them to copy
- The terrified teachers have vowed not to supervise or invigilate the rest of the exams except heavy security is provided
Teachers in the Zabzugu Senior High School in the Zabzugu District, Ghana, were attacked with stones by final year students of the institution, for not being allowed to cheat in their final year examination.
In a report by Punch, quoting Adomonline, the students said it was their right to copy or send texts books into the examination hall; and destroyed school properties, vandalised doors, television sets, and windows for not being allowed to do so.
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Legit.ng gathers that the attack was confirmed by a terrified teacher who said the only crime the teachers committed was not allowing the students to copy during the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
He also added that the students also went to his house with stones; and that he was only alive because he did not seek refuge at home.
The teacher stated: “The students felt they had a right to send their notebooks and textbooks to the examination hall, a right they the teachers are yet to come across in any of the examination regulations.
“As a result, the students mobilized themselves and stormed the school, vandalizing properties and threatening to kill any teacher they came across.”
One student who spoke on the condition of anonymity reportedly stated: “Even though they did not have any pact with their teachers to allow them to cheat, they were reliably informed that teachers from other schools aid their students by allowing them to copy.”
The district chief executive of Zabzugu, Hon Iddi Ahmed, urged the authorities to ensure that the situation is resolved.
However, the teachers have vowed that unless heavy security is provided, they would not supervise or invigilate the rest of the exams.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said 26% of private candidates who wrote the 2017 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) had five credits including Maths and English which represented a sharp drop in the results recorded in 2016.
The Council’s head of Nigeria National Office, Olu Adenipekun, announced the release of the November /December diet of the examination at a press conference in Katsina.
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