WASSCE: Gov't blows G¢68.5m on 'pasco' photocopies
The government of Ghana spent GH¢68.5 million on photocopies of past questions for WASSCE candidates in 2020 and 2021.
According to the Ministry of Education, GH¢33.6 million was spent for that purpose in 2020 and more than GH¢34 million in 2021.
Both contracts were through single-sourcing.
Sector Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum made the disclosed in Parliament on Monday, 4 March 2024.
The photocopies, he explained, were meant to assist students to prepare for the exam.
“To help prepare the final year Senior High School students for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Ministry has procured 446,954 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions from Messrs Kingdom Books and Stationery at a unit price of GH¢78.00. The procurement will be funded from the Free Senior High School Account", he said.
“Mr. Speaker, in 2020, the government, through its efforts to help students amidst COV1D-19 to prepare for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, procured 568,755 past questions for students to try their hands on before sitting for the actual exams.”
Source: Classfmonline.com
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