The DCE’s comments comes in the wake of a controversy that emanated from Question 18 of the English paper asked the candidates to choose from a set of possible answers, the one which was nearest in meaning to the word CANVASSED as captured in the sentence: "Nana Addo, popularly known as ‘all-die-be-die’ canvassed for votes."

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Pictures of the question went viral on social media since it emerged and many have criticized the Pusiga District Assembly for the question.

However, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has condemned the politically tainted mock exam question.

Speaking to Accra-based Class-FM, Rev. Jonathan Bettey, the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service, said the GES will investigate the matter to prevent a future occurrence.

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"This particular question is not a standard question according to Ghana Education Service regulations as far as setting of questions is concerned," he stated, adding: "We are not very happy, it is not right.

"What I think will be done is that we will investigate, we will call the district director to find out why such a question … and then we see what we can do. If there is anything at all, we need to warn them from setting such a question another time," he added.