[2001]DLHC1172 • October 4, 2001 • High Court
AWUNI vs. WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
The applicants, thirteen students from Notre Dame Seminary Secondary School, registered and sat the 2000 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). They were accused of having foreknowledge of the Mathematics Core Paper 2 and colluding during the examination. WAEC cancelled their entire examination results and barred them for three years from taking any WAEC examinations. The applicants denied any prior knowledge or collusion and were never questioned or given an opportunity to respond before the sanctions were imposed.
read moreJUDGEMENT Omari-Sasu JA. This application for declaratory judgment or orders against the respondents herein has been brought by the applicant herein who is aged nineteen years per his next friend for himself and also in a representative capacity. The other parties represented are as follows: (1) Adivila Matthew aged 21 years (2) Akologo Gideon Atanga aged 23 years (3) Akugre John aged 21 years (4) Aseghebila Elvis Depores aged nineteen years (5) Atagabe Kenneth Anderson aged nineteen years (6) Atorah Bede Akorige aged nineteen years (7) Atiah Albert aged 20 years (8) Atuguba Harold Tivah aged 21 years (9) Awandre Jerome Anongseam aged eighteen years (10) Aye-Anine Guggisberg aged 21 years (11) Ayibellow Isaac Bakite aged eighteen years (12) Ayidiya Eric aged 22 years The reliefs sought in the present application are: (a) A declaration that the decision of the final awards committee of the respondents (the West African Examinations Council...