Berekum District Court Orders Invigilators To Pay GH₵10,800 Or Face 25-month Jail Term For Exam Malpractices

Six teachers who invigilated the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination in the Bono Region have been punished for their involvement in various exam malpractices.

On June 17, 2025, the Berekum District Court fined Samuel Ofosu, 36, a former invigilator at All For Christ JHS, GH₵1,200 after he was caught with live Social Studies questions on his phone.

He pleaded guilty with remorse.

Similarly, Nathaniel Sakyi, 31, a former invigilator at All For Christ JHS, was caught with live Social Studies questions on his phone and fined GH₵1,200 by the Berekum District Court after accepting guilt with remorse.

Mr. Dominic Adanga, a former assistant supervisor and teacher at Berekum Methodist JHS, stole live Integrated Science paper from storage.

Dominic Adanga accepted guilt with remorse and was fined GH₵1,200 and convicted to 6 months imprisonment.

In a separate case on June 19, 2025, Evans Oteng, 31, a government teacher at Jamdede JHS, was caught with a phone in the exam hall containing live Social Studies questions, sharing live Computing questions via WhatsApp groups, and attempting to snap live Asante Twi questions.

Evans Oteng was fined GH₵2,400 and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment.

Jones Yeboah, 33, a government teacher and invigilator at Berekum Freeman Methodist ‘B’ JHS, was fined GH₵2,400 and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment after being caught with a phone in the exam hall and sending question papers for solutions.

Lastly, Francis Amoah, a private teacher at All for Christ JHS, was caught with solved printed mathematics questions and possessed two mobile phones during the exam.

He was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and 200 penalty units (GH₵2,400).

However, the Berekum District Court orders invigilators with fines and jail terms to pay their penalties or serve their respective convictions.

In an interview with Kaakyire Kwasi Afari on Ark FM, Mr. Luke Mensah, the Bono Regional Public Relations Officer, revealed that some invigilators are paying their penalties to avoid serving their jail terms.

However, those who are employees of the Ghana Education Service (GES) will face further disciplinary action.

According to Mr. Mensah, these invigilators will be summoned before the GES Disciplinary Committee, which will invoke the GES Code of Conduct against them.

The prosecution is part of the Bono Regional WAEC and GES committee’s efforts to curb examination malpractices in the region.

The current actions are particularly significant, given the reputation of the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions as hotspots for examination malpractices.

Twenty-four thousand one hundred and seventy candidates from eight hundred six schools wrote the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination in the Bono Region.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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