WAEC cancels subject results for over 4,000 candidates, withholds results for 781 others

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cancelled the subject results of 4,108 candidates who sat for the 2024 West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Ghana. Additionally, the council has cancelled the entire results of 483 candidates, withheld subject results for 781 candidates, and withheld the entire results of 209 candidates. These […]

447,698 students gain automatic admission as 2024 school placement results are released

The Ministry of Education has officially released the 2024/25 placement results for students entering Senior High Schools and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions. This release allows thousands of students to check their school placements and secure admission for the upcoming academic year. According to a statement by the Ministry, of the 563,339 […]

Govt releases GH¢80 million to WAEC

The government has released GH¢80 million to the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the Majority Chief Whip has told Parliament. Advertisement Frank Annoh-Dompreh told the House that the Ministry of Finance released the amount to the council today [June 21, 2024]. Uncertainty was hanging over the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as the examining […]

WASSCE calendar date revised

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates (WASSCE-SC) will now be written from August 5 to September 27, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has confirmed. The new timetable is an update on the previously announced schedule of July 1 to August 31, 2024. Similarly, the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination […]

WAEC releases provisional results of 37,825 WASSCE private candidates

The West African Examinations Council has released provisional results of 37,825 candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2023 – Second Series.  The entry figure, it said, comprised 17,389 males and 20,725 females. The figure also included 16 visually impaired candidates. A statement issued in Accra and […]

How WAEC will arrest candidates from private schools registering to write BECE in GES public schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is going all out to clampdown on the registration of unqualified candidates for its school exams. This is particularly so with the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), where some parents connive with, mostly public schools to move their wards from private schools to register and write the exams there. […]

Government pays GH¢55million to WAEC for BECE and WASSCE examinations

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has received a sum of GH¢55 million from the government to facilitate the organization of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).  This confirmation was made by Ms. Winifred Ampiaw, the Public Relations Officer of WAEC, during an interview with […]

2022 BECE results released; Mobile phone offenders’ results cancelled

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both school and private candidates. The subject results of 416 school candidates and three private candidates have been cancelled for the offence of either bringing foreign materials into the examination hall or colluding with other candidates. Aside […]

The 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are Ghana’s best in the last eight years, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has observed. “Indeed, the free senior high school (SHS) era has seen systematic improvement over the pre-free SHS era,” he said. President Akufo-Addo shared his observation at the 70th anniversary of […]