By: Julius Konton
The Head of National Office of the West African Examinations Council Dale Gbotoe has termed unacceptable news relative to payment of flexibility fees by twelve graders.
WAEC he clarified does not collect flexibility fees as such warned parents and students not to pay money to anyone in the name of flexibility fees for the test.
“People during the Exams time enrich themselves under the disguise that they have the test to help students but this is completely fake and unacceptable as such, we encourage the candidates not to pay heel to that”, Mr. Gbotoe cautioned.
Speaking to our reporter, the WAEC boss called on students to alert his office on people who will insist on them to pay flexibility fees, stating that they will upon receipt of said information take the appropriate action.
He , at the same time, discouraged students from camping.
Students he said normally go on camp , sleep there, and await for purported answers, this he indicated is sad and must be discouraged to the core.
“Any school found culpable of camping , their results will be canceled and we will not want your efforts to go in vain, so desist from camping “, he re-emphasized.
The Head of the National testing house also used the occasion to urge parents not to allow their children to leave their homes under the canopy of going on camp.
According to him and unlike before, this year’s exams will be completely different from the previous ones.
“Everyone will do the same subjects at the same time but with different questions as such candidates are encouraged to be mindful because not everything that glators is gold”, he reechoed.
At the same time, Mr. Gbotoe disclosed that there will be reduction in the number of proctors.
He also frowned at some proctors who he alleged are attributing factors to some of the candidates mass failure.
According to him, proctors are assigned to monitor and properly supervise the exams and not to do the contrary.
” However, they engaged into giving students wrong answers, allowed smuggled foreign materials into the hall and this is wrong” Dale told the media.
He warned them to follow directly their terms of reference as indicated in their appointment letters and act accordingly.
Mr. Gbotoe told our reporter that unlike other regional Countries who have already started the regional exams, Liberian candidates will begin writing the WASSCE on May 15, 2025 and will end on June 10, 2025.
He urged the 53,201 candidates from 1,048 High Schools across the Country to remain confident in themselves and do their best on the exams void of relying on external or foreign materials.
Additionally, he assured the public that they are in full gear to administer the exams nationwide as they are now on finishing touches.
