The past days on social media have been dominated by the General Certificate Examination (GCE) leakage scandal in Cameroon.
Personnel of the GCE Board have been accused of deliberately leaking examination questions to students in exchange for money via different social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp.
These claims have put a massive dent in the integrity of the examination board, with many calling for this year’s session to be completely annulled.
But despite the backlash, the GCE Board has yet to give an official reaction to the claims splattered across social media.
MMI has, however, obtained insights from one of the staff members from a liaison department in one of the GCE centres in the country.
In an exclusive interview with our source, he told us that “there is no leakage because the questions are released only 15 minutes after being distributed in the various classes.” To him, it is impossible to get the questions hours before the examination.
He, however, hinted to MMI that there is a fraudster who manages to sneak the questions out 15 minutes before the official start of the examination. “What the scammer does is that he opens the question papers at the accommodation secretariat, where he finds himself, snaps the questions, sends them into the group, someone he works with answers them, and resends them back to the group for candidates to copy,” he explained.
“The issue here is, all these are done 15 minutes before the writing begins, leaving the candidates in these groups no time to copy because, unlike previous years, no candidates enter the examination hall 15 minutes after the exam has started,” he added.
We also understand from our source that phones seized from students in the ongoing examination, will be handed over to the GCE Board for a proper investigation.
They are also likely to receive maximum sanctions in case anyone is found guilty of participating in an attempt to leak the examination.
“Those trying to dirty the image of the GCE board should know that they are dealing with the government because, till date, we still have in prison those who were caught trying to sabotage the GCE years ago. Some are already over 15 years old and in jail. Some are GCE examiners, and others are principals of government schools. So, let’s all be careful,” he ended.
