The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2021 WASSCE for Ghana school candidates, announcing that the results for 3,667 candidates have been withheld.
WAEC said in a press statement issued on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, that the results have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of the examination.
“The scripts of candidates from 194 schools in certain subjects have also been withheld and are being scrutinised.
“The withheld results of candidates may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations,” the regional examination body said in the press statement.
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WAEC said it will soon make available login details to Heads of school to enable them to print the statement of results of their candidates.
Candidates have been advised to contact their Heads of school for their results.
“Meanwhile, the Council has hosted the results online and candidates who so desire, may access their results at the Council’s website or dial the shortcode *944#,” WAEC said in the statement.
A total of 446,352 candidates, made up of 221,439 (49.6 %) males and 224,913 (50.4%) females from 965 schools entered for the 2021 WASSCE.
This figure is 18.8% higher than the 2020 figure of 375,763.
A total of 3,545 (0.79 %) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination.
WAEC has cautioned candidates to be on the alert and not fall prey to the activities of scammers who promise to upgrade results for a fee.
“Candidates are to note that all WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated. Institutions are therefore urged to always verify results presented to them to expose incidents of forgery,” WAEC said.
Below is are screenshots of the general performance of candidates in the just ended examination.
