EXAMS WRITING

One hundred and fifty-five students out of the 251 who failed to write the 2007 West African Examinations Council School Certificate November / December examinations last October today wrote the Physics Paper 3 at the Tema WAEC hall.

The 2 hours 45 minutes paper started at exactly 9 am with 91 students absent .

The examinations was conducted in a peaceful atmosphere and without any incidents though some of the students reported after 9am when the paper was supposed to start .

When the Daily Graphic visited the center it was found that some of the students were reporting even after the paper had started .

The Supervisor at the center Mr Paul Dzineku said the WAEC law allowed 30 minutes within which the late comers could join the class .

He said there were no complaints as the examination was peaceful .


Mr Dzineku was optimistic that with sufficient announcements this both in prints and electronic media , he did not expect any complaints from those who did not turn up to write the paper.

Over 200 students who registered to write the paper at the Tema WAEC hall last October were disappointed because of break in communication between the students and the WAEC .

The students claimed that they were to write for the paper at 2 pm on October 18th but the time turned out to be 9am as a result of which few lucky ones had the opportunity to write while the over 200 missed .

On 25th of October the WAEC invited all the affected students to a meeting during which the students were made to write their statements to indicate reasons which led to their inability to participate in the October 18th examinations .

An official from the WAEC headquarters Mr John Yao Newlands disclosed at the meeting that students who failed to write the paper on October were in the minority and assured them that no candidate would be disadvantaged as a result of the incident.

He said the Council had mechanisms to deal with such situations .


When the Daily Graphic interviewed some of the students after the paper , they claimed that though not easy they did their best and hoped for the best of results .