It is long past time to abolish the West African Examinations Council

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• CHRISTOS CHRISTOFF 8 years ago

  For so many many years the WAEC has led an exemplary role,very disciplined. So many of us and if you Bkor is sincere would also recall the impressive GCE EXAMS conducts......so what changed? THE ROOT CAUSE IS THE STUPID RAWL ...
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  For so many many years the WAEC has led an exemplary role,very disciplined. So many of us and if you Bkor is sincere would also recall the impressive GCE EXAMS conducts......so what changed? THE ROOT CAUSE IS THE STUPID RAWLINGS AND ITS NDC that introduced a lazy-man's approach of educational sytem that encouraged "truancy" disdain for learning. You have inferioriy educated persons at the helms of all sectors of government and connive to survive financially thru evil means(selling exam questions etc etc).
  
  THIS IS THE REAL PROBLEM.IT IS NOT THE WAEC PER SE

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• KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 8 years ago

  I can imagine how those loaded with cash have used the Ghana WAEC to go through university cheaply but expensive route. Expensive in the sense that they paid heavy cash to obtain their qualifications, may be the Akuffo Addo s ...
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  I can imagine how those loaded with cash have used the Ghana WAEC to go through university cheaply but expensive route. Expensive in the sense that they paid heavy cash to obtain their qualifications, may be the Akuffo Addo style....haha!
  
  But what intrigues me more is that WEAC over all these internet/computer years have no DATABASE. I checked on their web site and the Data that they have can not even pass a class-1 project. Database that depends on your index number some 20 plus years cannot be said to be anything of importance and quality.

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• MANSA MUSA 8 years ago

  THANK YOU FOR THIS BRILLIANT AERTICLE DR. BOKOR. FOR A VERY LONG TIME THIS IS YOUR ONLY SENSIBLE PIECE OF WRITING BUT ,STILL HAS A BIT OF ANTI AKAN/NPP SENTIMENTS...THE WAY YOU REFER TO NANA AKUFO ADDO.....PLEASE, NOTE THAT ...
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  THANK YOU FOR THIS BRILLIANT AERTICLE DR. BOKOR. FOR A VERY LONG TIME THIS IS YOUR ONLY SENSIBLE PIECE OF WRITING BUT ,STILL HAS A BIT OF ANTI AKAN/NPP SENTIMENTS...THE WAY YOU REFER TO NANA AKUFO ADDO.....PLEASE, NOTE THAT WE ARE ALL GHANAINS AND WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ONE-ANOTHER.........Emmmmmm... YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THIS WAEC MUST BE ABOLISHED ONE SHOULD ASK ...IS WAEC RELEVANT TO TO THE EDUCATIONAL GOALS OF GHANA OR ANY OF THE OTHER NATIONS ?THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND GHANANMUST LOOK AT HOW NATIONS LIKE CANADA AND USA SYSTEM OF EDUCATION WORKS TO PRODUCE CREATIVE SCHOLARS WHO MAKE REAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONS GROWTH....WAEC IS JUST A COLONIAL INSTRUMENT TO DESTROY AFRICA AND IT IS ONLY GOOD TO THOSE WHO USE IT TO MAKE MONEY...ANYWAY WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN SO IT IS TIME FOR WAEC TO COME DOWN....PLZ. LEAD THE CRUSADE TO KILL WAEC,DR.BOKOR.THANKS..

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• back door director 8 years ago

  Ghanaian writers like Bokor write with emotions. You wait till there is a situation of leakage of exam papers then you put across infantile suggestions.
  For the start why don't you ask your relatives or village folks to be h ...
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  Ghanaian writers like Bokor write with emotions. You wait till there is a situation of leakage of exam papers then you put across infantile suggestions.
  For the start why don't you ask your relatives or village folks to be honest and not create a ready market for leaked papers.
  Tackle the disease and not the symptoms.
  Ghanaians are corrupt to the core. Are they Americans working at waec

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• Abeeku Mensah 8 years ago

  Yes WAEC has had its share of problems going back to the GCE 'O'and 'A' level era but bribery and corruption in Ghana is cultural and getting worse because we bought a bill of goods from those who sold us on the ideals of the ...
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  Yes WAEC has had its share of problems going back to the GCE 'O'and 'A' level era but bribery and corruption in Ghana is cultural and getting worse because we bought a bill of goods from those who sold us on the ideals of the 1966 coup but gave us a culture of 'get rich by fair or foul means' as the new national ideal.
  I submit to you, Dr. Bokor, that the ideals of WAEC are far more superior than what they have in most nations especially that of the USA. Under WAEC construct/concept graduates from high school from one country or region could competently and are unquestionably qualified to assume identical post in another nation or region without anyone losing sleep over such transfer. The same cannot be said even in the USA where a high school graduate from different school districts within the same state may not be of same competence. Fix attempts by the NDC and NPP to normalize bribery and corruption in Ghana and you would solve all the dishonesty that surrounds WAEC; you must not throw out the baby with the bath water.

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• Stevo New York 8 years ago

  Doctor, you probably would have taken both the A or O level to qualify you for your bachelor's degree. A good thing indeed! However, you have not mentioned any good thing about WAEC relevance in administering uniform standard ...
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  Doctor, you probably would have taken both the A or O level to qualify you for your bachelor's degree. A good thing indeed! However, you have not mentioned any good thing about WAEC relevance in administering uniform standard scholastic assessment test to determine students' academic/career next step; its interstate bilateral nature; enhancing unformed educational system in West Africa; and so on.
  
  In any case I agree in part that WAEC is fraud with exam leakages and other malpractices. I would rather call on WAEC to reorganize and modernize its structure and resources to continue to provide the much needed testing services.

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