Story: Rose Hayford Darko, Tema
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 in October, last Tuesday wrote the Physics Paper Three at the Tema WAEC Hall.
The two hour- 45 minute paper started at exactly 9 a.m. with 96 students being absent.
The examination was conducted under a peaceful atmosphere and without any incidents, though some of the students reported after 9 a.m. when the examination had already started.
When the Daily Graphic visited the centre, it saw some of the students reporting late .
The Supervisor of the centre, Mr Paul Dzineku, said the WAEC law allowed 30 minutes for the late comers to join the class.
Mr Dzineku was optimistic that with the sufficient announcements made both in the print and electronic media, he did not expect any complaints from those who did not turn up to write the paper.
Most of the students who registered to write the paper at the Tema WAEC hall last October were disappointed because of a break in communication between the students and the WAEC.
The students claimed that they were to write the paper at 2 p.m. on October 18 but the time turned out to be 9 a.m; as a result a lucky few had the opportunity to write while over 200 candidates missed the paper.
On October 25, 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 18 examinations.
An official from the WAEC, Mr John Yao Newlands, disclosed at the meeting that students who failed to write the paper constituted the minority and assured them that no candidate would be at a disadvantage 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 even though the paper was not easy, they did their best and hoped for the best.
Monday, December 3, 2007
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