7 Labone students barred from WASSCE hall over lateness

Seven Labone Senior High School students were prevented from participating in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on Monday, August 26, 2024, due to tardiness.

According to school officials, this is the second time students have arrived late for their exams.

This information was provided during a tour of the school by the Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, as part of his attempts to monitor the examination's progress and send his best wishes to the candidates.

In an interview with Citi News, Headmistress of Labone SHS, Rejoice Akua Acolor, expressed concern about the situation, disclosing that the kids had been adequately informed about the exam's rules and regulations.

“Today we wrote social studies as one of the courses. We started on time and before today’s paper, we had given the students a briefing. We have explained to them what WAEC expects from us as a school, they should be here on time, they should be here clearly 30 minutes before the start of the paper, they should be seated.”

“So we expected them one hour before the time and we were able to put them to their various seats, and they started the paper. After 1 hour 20 minutes, some students came in and as per the briefing or the information from WAEC, we are not expected to let them, they’ve stayed too long.”

“If it was 20, 30 minutes, and they have tangible reasons, we would let them in. These were some of the students who wrote their visual art papers and they kept coming late. We have spoken to them, we’ve cautioned them and today they came late with no reason, so it was difficult for us to let them in. As a mother of this school, I am not happy if all our students do not take part in the examination, she stated.

On his part, Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. Ntim, stated that he would review the incident.

"The rules are very clear and therefore I would want to find out the exact incident that happened and look for details of it before I can respond but there are rules to every examination and I will appeal that all stakeholders abide by that rule. So in this particular instance you cited, I will look into it. “

Source : Lead News Online