The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released all withheld results from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), bringing an end to weeks of uncertainty for affected candidates. The Council had previously held back over 10,000 results due to suspected malpractices but had assured the public that they would be made […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ghana to revert to May/June WASSCE
Ghana will revert to writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in May/June in 2024, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has announced. He explained that currently, Ghana was doing a gradual recovery learning, based on contact hours in the classroom. “We are hoping that by 2024, we […]
WASSCE 2021: WAEC explains change of grades
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained that one of its platforms, ERESULTS.WAECGH.OR, used for checking of results experienced a technical hitch last Friday, December 10, 2021 between 4.45 p.m. and 6.00p.m. A message posted on its website, explained that the hitch resulted in subjects which originally had Grade B3 with the interpretation, GOOD […]
We’ll make examination malpractice unattractive— WAEC Chairman
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is to review its regulations to make examination malpractice unattractive in the country. The Chairman of the council, Prof. Ato Essuman, said the current regulations on examination malpractice were “too lenient” and, therefore, needed to be reviewed to safeguard the integrity of the council’s examinations at all levels. “Some […]
11 SHSs put under surveillance on suspicion of exam malpractice – WAEC
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it has put 11 schools under surveillance after receiving information that the institutions intend to cheat in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Speaking to the press on Wednesday, the Head of Test Administration Division, George Ohene-Mante, said the schools are being closely monitored for […]
Invigilator on the run, candidate invited over circulation of exams paper on social media
One candidate of the Dadieso Senior High School of the on-going West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) was invited yesterday while an invigilator is on the run for allegedly taking a snapshot of the candidate’s English Oral paper, while the examination was ongoing. The candidate has however, been released on bail, while the security operatives […]
446,321 Candidates participating in WASSCE
The written papers of this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the second batch of final-year free senior high school students began smoothly throughout the country yesterday. The examination began with Oral English with the observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols. A total of 446,321 final-year SHS students are writing the 2021 […]
2020 WASSCE performance has shamed Free SHS critics – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy for the “excellent” results they chalked in the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). “I am reliably informed that the WASSCE results of Aburi Girls Senior High School, and, indeed, of all 2020 SHS […]