Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is around the corner and it will not be business as usual.
The Ghana Education Service has said the surveillance team in the forthcoming BECE will be searching pants and hijabs of candidates to ensure transparency in exam.
The Municipal Education Director of Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality, Kate Biney, says that this move will minimize the chances of exams being cancelled as a result of malpractices.
Speaking with Starrfm.com.gh, she said;
West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has given the needed orientation for supervisors and made it clear what is expected of them. This time we are going to do thorough searching so if you hear we are frisking their armpits etcetera understand, as males will search males and females attend to females.
We will feel the hijabs if it contains any material aside their hair. We know Muslims ladies do not expose their hair so we will not remove it but when we are suspicious we will ask you to remove it and shake it and wear it again and proceed.
She further said;
Due to what happened during WASSCE, WAEC has information on how candidates hide foreign material, as now it is not as open as in their shows. They now hide it in their panties menstrual pads, in between their belts, even they wear double nose masks and hide it in between, under their neck collars and our Muslims colleagues’ hijabs will be searched.
