Tag Archives: WASSCE

Christian Methodist SHS students attack teachers during WASSCE exam

The 2024 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) took a violent turn at Christian Methodist Senior High School (CHRIMETO) in New-Aplaku, Greater Accra Region.

The 2024 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) took a violent turn at Christian Methodist Senior High School (CHRIMETO) in New-Aplaku, Greater Accra Region. A group of candidates, primarily from the Visual Arts program, erupted in anger after what they perceived as overly strict invigilation during their Integrated Science …

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Wey Gey Hey, do you cheat in exams? – Watch how Akufo-Addo replied Mahama’s WASSCE cheating claims

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the first time, replied to a claim by former President John Dramani Mahama, that there were instances of cheating during the West Africa Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE). The former president’s comments, made months back during his Building Ghana Tour attracted earlier responses from the education …

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Abronye goes after Mahama for accusing WASSCE students of cheating

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has criticized former President John Dramani Mahama’s recent allegations of widespread cheating among the recent West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) graduates. In a live video shared on social media, Abronye asserted that …

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Expedite prosecution of persons arrested for 2023 WASSCE malpractices – EduWatch

Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to expedite prosecution of candidates who misconducted themselves and were arrested during the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). EduWatch in a statement issued on Monday said though it welcomed the partnership …

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WASSCE 2022: WAEC releases results of private candidates

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of 43,742 candidates who entered for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2022 – second series. The entry figures comprised 20, 164 males and 23, 578 females. 76 of the candidates had visual impairment while …

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Meet Cynthia Baragbor, the Ketasco NSMQ backup who scored 8As in her WASSCE

It is true that the faces that represent each senior high school in the country at the prestigious National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) give patrons so much to love about their schools as well as the competition itself. The ‘yays’, the ‘wows,’ and the ‘ohs’ have become so synonymous …

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2022 WASSCE results prove Free SHS is working well – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on following the implementation of the …

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WAEC orders over 8,000 ‘indebted’ students to pick WASSCE results from their schools

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has asked 8,486 candidates in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), to pick their results from their various schools. These are students deemed to have either damaged school property or failed to return school property in their care. It was disclosed …

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WASSCE 2022: WAEC cancels entire results of 518 ‘mobile phone’ candidates

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the cancellation of the entire results of some 518 candidates who sat the 2022 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In all, a total of 422,883 candidates made up of 219,130 females and 203,753 males sat this year’s examination. “The subject …

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Meet the Ghanaian scholar who went from recording F in chains in WASSCE to attaining PhD from a UK university

Inspirational stories abound but not many come as good as this one. In 2003, George Asiamah’s world came crashing down. He had written the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination and the result is one that not even his enemies, if he had any, would be proud of. His result …

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