The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the provisional results for the 2024 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE).
In a statement, the Council assured it will make available login details to heads of school to enable them access the results of their candidates.
“The results have been hosted online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website www.waecgh.org,” the statement read in parts.
The Council has cautioned all its stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters who promise to upgrade results for a fee.
“Candidates are to note that WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated using its results verification system. The WAEC QR code can be downloaded and used to verify results,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, following the completion of investigations into some of the cases of irregularity reported, the subject results of 4,108 candidates have been cancelled for bringing foreign material like prepared notes, text books, and printed material into the
examination halls.
Also, the entire results of 483 candidates have been cancelled for possession of mobile
phones in the examination halls while the subject results of 781 and the entire Results of 209 candidates have been withheld for various suspected offences.
“Yet still, some subject results of candidates from 319 schools have been withheld for’
alleged collusion. These cases are still under investigation,” WAEC noted.
The release on Monday, December 30, 2024, follows weeks of delay over debts owed by the government which WAEC said was derailing its operations.
As of December 26, the government had released GH₵85 million to offset part of the GH¢118 million owed to the Council.
A total number of 460,611 candidates made up of 212,954 males and 247,657 females from 1003 schools entered for the examination.
This figure is 2.66% higher than the 2023 entry figure of 448,674. A total number of 4,609 (1.0%) were absent from the examination.
