WAEC flags examination malpractice hotspots
By Angela Adu-Asomaning The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has raised serious concern over the growing incidence of examination malpractice across the country. The Council has identified the Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo regions as epicentres of this troubling trend. In 2023 alone, 18,504 candidates were found to have engaged in various forms of cheating […]
High Court orders WAEC to release withheld WASSCE results
An Accra High Court has dismissed the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) application for a stay of execution regarding its previous ruling that mandated the immediate release of withheld results for approximately 10,000 candidates from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The court imposed a fine of GHS 5,000 on WAEC for […]
BECE in limbo – WAEC awaits GH¢48m to begin examination
Uncertainty hangs over the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as the examining body, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), waits to recoup almost 98 per cent of GH¢95.83 million it needs to organise the examination. WAEC has received just about GH¢2.3 million out of GH¢95.83 million required to successfully facilitate the exam. But the council insists […]
WAEC introduces three new examinable subjects for 2024 BECE candidates
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has introduced three new examinable subjects to be written by the 2024 final-year Junior High School (JHS), students across the country for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The new subjects are Career Technology, Creative Art and Design, and Arabic. Career Technology and Creative Art and […]
