The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates that sat for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The performance of candidates in Integrated Science and Social Studies saw marked improvement comparing the output in 2021 against 2020.
However, English Language and Mathematics (Core) recorded a decline in the performance of candidates in 2021 compared to 2020.
A total of 1,339 subject results and 174 entire results have been cancelled for various examination malpractices such as bringing foreign material including mobile phones into the examination hall, tearing off parts of question papers and collusion.
This follows the approval of the 31st Meeting of the Ghana Examinations Committee held in October 2021.
Meanwhile, the entire results of 3,667 candidates 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 scrutinized.
The withheld results of candidates, according to WAEC, may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations.
The Council indicates it will make available login details to Heads of school to enable them to print the statement of results of their candidates who have been advised to contact their Heads of school for their results.
Meanwhile, the Council said it has hosted the results online and candidates who so desire, may access their results at the Council’s website or dial the shortcode *944#.
The Council cautioned all stakeholders especially candidates to be on the alert and to not fall prey to the activities of scammers who promise to upgrade results for a fee and warned students to beware all results are secured and can always be authenticated.
WAEC urged the various institutions to always verify results presented to them to expose incidents of forgery.
This year 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 examination. 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, however, were absent from the examination.
