The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released all withheld results from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), following a court order.
This decision comes after WAEC had initially withheld over 10,000 results due to suspected malpractices, sparking a legal battle and threats of nationwide protests from the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS).
According to John Kapi, head of public affairs at WAEC, the council has fulfilled its promise to release the results by February 28. “As we promised, we kept to our promises. So by the close of February 28, we had uploaded all the results of the candidates whose results had been withheld,” he stated.
Kapi emphasized that the court’s order played a significant role in the council’s decision to release the results. “The court had ordered that we should release the results of those candidates. And so we’ve gone ahead with all the results. So we don’t have any outstanding results as far as, you know, those exams are concerned,” he explained.
Surely, with the results now available, candidates can access them online. Kapi noted that while some candidates may still be waiting to register complaints, WAEC is confident that the released results accurately reflect the performance of the candidates. “Well, 28 was a Friday, and so we assume that the people are still waiting till the beginning of the week, you know, to begin to call the office and to register some complaints. But, again, I think that whatever we have put out there is a true reflection of the performance of the candidates in the examination,” he said..
By Lawrence Odoom
