The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has now issued the results of 21,458 of the 22,270 applicants whose results had previously been withheld owing to widespread cheating.
These applicants can verify their placement beginning Monday, December 11, 2023.
The results of the remaining 812 applicants, however, are still being withheld. Cassandra Twum Ampofo, the Ghana Education Service’s Public Relations Officer, explained that the approved results have been completed, allowing candidates to access their placements.
She stated, ‘’We have 21,458 thousand released and we have worked on them. So, by Monday if they check on the portal, they will see their placement.”
“Initially, all those candidates could not access their placement but now they can. Now we have 812 candidates whose results are yet to be released and we will work on that.”
Due to documented incidences of utilizing foreign resources such as prepared notes and textbooks during the test, WAEC revoked the Subject Results of 312 school students and 3 private candidates in November.
The judgment came after an inquiry into inconsistencies discovered during script scrutiny and marking.
WAEC revealed that the 34th Meeting of the Final Awards and Examiners’ Appointment Committee for BECE, held on Monday, November 6th, 2023, authorized the cancellation of “the Entire Results of 41 school candidates and 1 private candidate for possession of mobile phones in the examination hall.”
On top of that, they withheld the “Subject Results of 180 school candidates and 4 private candidates for various suspected offences as well as the Entire Results of 110 school candidates and 2 private candidates for various suspected offences.”
The examining board is reviewing the scripts of 22,270 applicants in particular subjects in order to report incidents of widespread cheating, with the option of canceling or releasing their results depending on the findings of the investigations.
