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

Dennis KobbyDecember 31, 202402 mins

Source: Africapublicity The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has taken drastic measures against examination malpractice, cancelling the subject results of 4,108 candidates and withholding the results of 781 others who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) . The cancellations and withholdings are a result of various forms of malpractice, including…

WAEC Releases 2024 WASSCE Results: Slight Increase in Candidates, Performance Statistics Released

Joshua KwehDecember 30, 202401 mins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the provisional results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates in Ghana. A total of 460,611 candidates, comprising 212,954 males and 247,657 females from 1003 schools, sat for the examination. This represents a 2.66% increase compared to the…

WAEC Receives GH¢35 Million Boost to Expedite 2024 WASSCE Results Release*

Joshua KwehDecember 27, 202405 mins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has received a significant financial injection of GH¢35 million from the Ministry of Education to facilitate the processing of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates. This development comes as a welcome relief to the examination body, which had earlier appealed to the…

WAEC Debunks Minister Claim: 2024 WASSCE Results Release Date Not Feasible

Joshua KwehDecember 25, 2024December 26, 202405 mins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed Ghana’s Minister of Education’s claim that the 2024 WASSCE results will be released on December 29, 2024, describing it as “scandalous”. According to WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Kapi John, the council is facing significant financial and logistical constraints that make it impossible to meet the…

WAEC Releases 2024 BECE Provisional Results, Withholds Results from 149 Schools Over Exam Irregularities

Joshua KwehOctober 20, 202403 mins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of provisional results for the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which includes both school and private candidates. In a statement issued on Saturday, October 19, 2024, WAEC shared that school results will be distributed to individual institutions through district education offices. However, the release…

Free SHS: Govt owes companies, individuals over GH¢6bn – Minority

Dennis KobbyJuly 17, 202404 mins

The Minority in Parliament has disclosed that the government is indebted to the tune of over GH6 billion to companies, individuals and organisations in relation to the Free Senior High School policy. The caucus reveals that the government has failed to reimburse over GH¢300 million funds used in the procurement of the GH¢1.3 million tablets…

BECE: Nine arrested for exam malpractices

Dennis KobbyJuly 9, 202403 mins

Nine individuals have been arrested over examination malpractices in the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The arrests, which include seven teachers occurred in various locations, including Bekwai in the Ashanti Region and Tema in the Greater Accra Region. The examination, which began on Monday, July 8, proceeded peacefully despite prior concerns about the rising…

We’ve received only GH¢47m from gov’t, not GH¢80m – WAEC

africapublicityJune 21, 202403 mins

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has said it has only received only GH¢47.125 million from the government contrary to the GH¢80 million announced in Parliament on Friday by the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh. The GH¢47.125 million out of the arrears of the GH¢95.83 million was paid on Friday, June 21, 2024. The Majority…