Education Tink Tank, African Watch, has sued the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for allowing ‘leaked identities’ to mark the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination.
This comes after the publication of a list of contact details of examiners for the 2020 WASSCE on social media went viral.
This document contains the names, schools, subjects, telephone numbers, home and email addresses, and other details of the examiners.
Following the leakage, WAEC said the situation was worrying but was confident it won’t affect its integrity.
However, in a suit filed at the Accra High Court on Tuesday, September 29, Africa Education Watch argued that the “careless” conduct of WAEC could compromise the results of the just-ended WASSCE.
In its statement of claim, the plaintiff stressed though the outfit apologized and assured the public that what was leaked was not the final markers list, an SMS making the rounds suggests that the names on the leaked document had been invited to attend coordination and conference marking of the 2020 WASSCE scripts.
