Mr Peter Banvu Mwele Ekellah, Assistant Principal Registrar of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), has warned of prosecution of candidates who cheated in examinations organized by the Council.
He said what they needed to do was to work hard on their books but not to �cut corners.�
Mr Ekellah expressed concern about the situation where some candidates, especially private ones, allowed themselves to be fooled into buying fake examination questions.
These papers are most often not anything but mock examination questions of some well-endowed Senior High Schools (SHS), he said.
Mr Ekellah, who was speaking at a day�s forum on examination malpractices and irregularities, said they were doing everything to track down the syndicate involved in such criminal acts and bring them to justice.
It was organized by the Council for candidates who would sit for the November West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the
Asante-Mampong Municipality.
Mr Thomas Alexander Aboagye, Headmaster of Amaniampong SHS, asked the candidates to stick to the rules and regulations of WAEC.
He said doing this would save both the candidates and parents from embarrassment, waste of money and legal troubles.
Some of the candidates, during the open forum, raised concerns ranging from wrong allocation to examination centres, incorrect
spelling of names and timetable to delays in the postage of admission notice.