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 […]
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91% qualified BECE candidates placed — Education Ministry
The Computer School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has facilitated the placement of 492,437 students, representing 91 per cent of 538,399 candidates who qualified as of yesterday morning. They were placed in their Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools of choice. This is an improvement against the 372,721 […]
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. […]
Examination malpractice: WAEC deals with 10 cases
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is dealing with 10 cases regarding examination malpractice. According to WAEC, the cases, which span from 2020 through to this year, are part of a total of an initial 13 cases, three of which have been dealt with. The Head of Legal of WAEC, Rev. Victor Brew, said this […]
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 […]
Ghana to write 2022 WASSCE alone
Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022. This is because the other four-member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) — Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia — have returned to the May/June calendar and had […]
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 […]
BECE takes off today; 571,894 Candidates to participate
A total of 571,894 candidates from 18,028 schools will sit this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country, starting today. The five-day examination will be written in 2,158 centres under the supervision of 2,158 supervisors and 1,853 assistant supervisors. Statistics Two hundred and eighty-seven thousand, six hundred and five of them are males […]












