7th April, 2016

The Daily Graphic thinks all stakeholders in education must work hard to end the canker of examination leaks that threaten to undermine the educational system. The paper believes the move by students, parents and teachers to compromise the integrity of national examinations, both at the basic and second cycle levels can be traced to the breakdown of moral values in society. It indicates that it has always taken the collaboration of students, parents and teachers to bring a national examination into disrepute. The Graphic calls on the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and WAEC to bring the perpetrators to book in order to safeguard the integrity of national examinations.

The Ghanaian Times is not surprised at the latest paper leakage to hit the West African Examinations Council. It says the three papers that leaked in the ongoing WASSCE in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions on social media has become a perennial problem. The paper finds it strange that WAEC failed to take precautionary measures after it confirmed the knowledge of the circulation of some fake questions. The Times is therefore of the view that the Examinations council is trying to throw dust into the eyes of the people when it claims the fore-knowledge was perpetuated through the connivance of some persons engaged for the conduct of examination and their agents. 

The Daily Heritage raises red flag at the unscrupulous ways political parties try to win votes and sympathizers by portraying their opponents as violent. It says the flagbearer of the NPP for instance has been tagged as a violent man by his political opponents. The paper points out numerous strategies used by other parties, with the latest being a compilation of video speeches of leading party members of the NPP on social media which seeks to depict the party as violent. According to the Daily Heritage, these acts are fuel for chaos and should be avoided since this year's general election will be a keenly contested one.

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