The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results for the just-ended 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The Council released the results online on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, and candidates can access their results from the council’s website ghana.waecdirect.org
WAEC made this known in a statement issued on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
According to the statement, a total number of 422,883 candidates made up of 203,753 males and 219,130 females from 977 schools sat for the examination.
This figure is 5.25% lower than the 2021 entry figure of 446,352.
A total number of 2,818 (0.6796) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination.
Data from WAEC shows the candidates performed better in Social Studies over three years (2020-2022).
English Language, Core Mathematics, and Integrated Science on the other hand showed a fluctuating trend in the performance of candidates over the three years (2020-2022).
Meanwhile, following a request from the Ghana Education Service (GES), the subject results of 8,486 candidates who failed to return learning support materials supplied to them and/or destroyed school property cannot be accessed online at the Council’s website.
The affected candidates are advised to visit their schools for their results.
However, the subject results of 3,845 candidates have been cancelled for engaging in examination malpractices while the entire results of about 518 candidates have also been cancelled.
The statement further indicated that the entire results of some 117 candidates have also been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into alleged cases of impersonation detected during the examination.
The scripts of some other candidates from 179 schools in certain subjects are being scrutinized for reported cases of collusion.
The Council also indicated “the withheld results of candidates may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations.”
