Investigations have revealed some schools in Ghana have colluded with
officials of some basic schools in neighbouring Togo to register
foreigners to sit for the ongoing Basic Education Certificate
Examination (BECE).
At least 28 basic schools in Togo and eight schools in Ghana have been
found to be engaging in the illegality, a report by The Eagle, led by
freelance journalist Charles Amegashie has revealed.
Headmaster of Kekeli Preparatory School in Aflao in the Volta region was
on Monday, June 10, arrested by security personnel in the area for
allegedly registering Togolese for the ongoing BECE.
Figures from the report showed that an average of 35 foreign pupils,
most of whom are Nigerians, from each of the 28 schools sat for the BECE
in Ghana in 2017.
This suggests about 1050 foreign pupils were possibly enrolled onto the
Free Senior High School, introduced in Ghana by the Akufo-Addo
government in September 2017.
One of the schools in Togo alleged to have fielded pupils in Ghana’s BECE
The report mentioned Assemblies of God Experimental School (Aflao),
Kekeli Complex School (Aflao), Springboard SHS (Accra-Madina), Freedom
International School (Aflao), Ebenezer International School (Denu),
ECOWAS International School (Denu), NAVS-SHS (Adjen-Kotoku-Accra) and
St. Pauls SHS (Denu) as some of the Ghanaian schools engaged in
registering foreign pupils for Ghana’s BECE.
One Madam Nnena Samuel, owner of Sylvia Modern Senior High and Sylvia
Mont Senior High in Togo, is said to have succeeded in registering the
schools under Ghana Education Service and secured a WAEC examination
centre number.
Exposed! Togo, Ghana schools collude to field foreigners for BECE
