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The West Afri­can Examination Council (WAEC) has barred five Se­nior High Schools (SHSs) from registering candidates for this year’s West African Senior School Certif­icate Examination (WASSCE) for charging unapproved fees.   The affected schools are Olistar Senior High/Technical School, Abesim; Gateway SHS and Law­rence SHS, both in Sunyani; First Class …

The Head of the Legal Department of the West African Examinations Council, Rev. Victor Brew, has clarified the grading system used for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to him, the performance of students at various schools determine their grades. The grades awarded to students from various schools are …

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it regrets wrongly citing Action Secondary Technical School (ASTS) at Madina for examination malpractice during its Friday, 16 September 2022 update to the media. “During the Council’s second update to the media on September 16, 2022, Action Secondary Technical School, Madina, was …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that results for this year’s WASSCE will be released on November 30. The Council says it has successfully completed the marking and co-ordination of the papers at all 49 venues and has commenced the processing of the results.   WAEC in a …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) continues to enhance the security and sanctity of its examinations to make them malpractice-free. Currently, the West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is ongoing, having started on Monday, August 1.       2022 WASSCE begins Addressing journalists on Monday, August 22 the …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says it has tightened up its security apparatus as this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) starts. The Council, as part of its security measures, has serialised some question papers and used number combination padlocks in addition to ordinary padlocks for all security bags …

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 West African Examinations Council has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2021 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The Council will dispatch the results to the schools through the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Directors of Education. Meanwhile, the Council has hosted the results online …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has assured Ghanaians that their results database is secure despite a technical hitch on Friday. According to the Council, one of its platforms used for checking the results (ERESULTS.WAECGH.ORG) experienced a technical hitch on December 10, resulting in the change of grades of some …

Examination malpractice, an educational dysfunction has plagued the West African Examination council into great losses as there seem to be leakage of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) papers ahead of schedule every year. This issue has gotten worse to the extent that some …