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WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results, 839 candidates have theirs cancelled

By Vincent Ashitey
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023 - Ghana Only Version).

WAEC added that the entire results of 839 candidates have also been cancelled for possession of mobile phones in the examination halls.

Aside that, the subject results of 4,280 candidates and the entire results of 1,005 candidates have been withheld for various suspected offences.

Also, 4,878 candidates have been blocked for failing to return learning support materials supplied to them by their schools and such candidates are to contact their schools, WAEC said.

Explaining, WAEC said subject results of 3,647 candidates have been cancelled for bringing foreign material like prepared notes, text books, and printed material into the examination halls.

WAEC made this known in a statement on Monday, December 18, 2023.

Meanwhile, the Council has hosted the results online and candidates who so desire, may access their results at the Council's website.

It 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."

 

Performance Statistics

A total number of 448,674 candidates made up of 212,453 males and 236,221 females from 975 schools entered for the examination.

This figure is 5.8% higher than the 2022 entry figure of 422,883.

A total number of 3,404 (0.75%) were absent from the examination.

The performance of candidates with respect to the four Core Subjects is shown in the tables below.

WASSCE results
Performance of candidates in the core subjects - WASSCE (SC) 2023
Four-year performance statistics in the core subjects for WASSCE (SC) 2020 - 2023