Leaked papers won’t be cancelled - WAEC

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says it will not cancel papers that have been leaked in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
About three papers - Oral English, Integrated Science, Social Studies and physics - were reportedly leaked ahead of the writing of the papers but the Council says "The papers already written will not be cancelled.
In a statement released after a meeting Wednesday, WAEC stated that some of the leaked papers circulated were found to be fake.
The statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe said notwithstanding the leak, the remaining papers will be taken as scheduled.
The statement said although there were some different versions of the leaked questions in circulation prior to the release of the official questions, it later discovered that "some authentic questions went into circulation after the papers were released to the examination centres;
According to the statement, “the council suspects that this foreknowledge was perpetrated through the connivance of some person’s engaged for the conduct of the examinations and their agents.
“The council, with the assistance of the security agencies is tracking down these persons for prosecution.
“Candidates are cautioned to stay away from such materials as the council has the mechanism to detect those who benefit from the malpractice and would not hesitate to apply sanctions.
“Based on the foregoing and analysis of the reports received so far from the field, the council wishes to assure the general public that;
1 The papers already written would not be cancelled,
2 The remaining papers would be taken as scheduled,
3 The investigations would continue and persons found culpable would be sanctioned as appropriate.”
WAEC also urged media houses to be circumspect in their reportage.
Source :adomonline