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 […]

WAEC releases provisional results for 2022 WASSCE school candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2022 – Ghana Only Version). The Council has hosted the results online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website www.waecgh.org, a statement issued by WAEC on Thursday morning stated. “Following a […]

WAEC investigates irregularities in 2022 WASSCE

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is carrying out investigations into examination irregularities detected during this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. It has, therefore, urged school authorities and candidates who have been invited to its offices to assist with investigations into suspected cases of malpractices. That, it […]

2022 BECE takes off today

This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for both school and private candidates will, for the first time, be written simultaneously across the country from today, October 17, 2022. In all, 553,408 candidates will write the examination, which will end on Friday, October 21, 2022, with 533,408 being school candidates and 1,132 being private candidates. […]

Govt releases GH¢50m to WAEC for WASSCE

The government has made a part payment of GH¢50 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the money it owes the council for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. With the payment, it is now left with about GH¢46.7 million, which is the outstanding arrears to be cleared […]