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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for the 2025 West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for schoolhouse candidates.
The taxable results of 6,295 candidates person been cancelled for sending overseas materials similar prepared notes, textbooks, and printed materials into the introspection halls.
In summation to that, the entire results of 653 candidates person besides been cancelled for possession of mobile phones successful the introspection halls.
In a property connection announcing the merchandise of the results connected Saturday nighttime (Nov 29, 2025), WAEC besides indicated that the subject results of 908 and the full results of 158 candidates person been withheld for assorted suspected offences.
"Yet still, immoderate taxable results of candidates from 185 schools person been withheld for alleged collusion. These cases are inactive nether investigation," the WAEC signed by John . K. Kapi, Head of Public Affairs indicated.
"We are moving astir the timepiece to guarantee that the withheld results of these candidates are published earlier the extremity of December 2025 depending connected the result of investigations," the connection added.
It explained that successful addition, a full of 35 persons, 19 of whom are teachers were recovered to person engaged successful acts that compromised the integrity of the examination.
"So acold 19 of them person been arraigned earlier tribunal and person been convicted to fines oregon presumption of imprisonment. The remaining 16 are yet to presented earlier the courts by the police,"it said.
Beyond what the courts whitethorn decide, the database of teachers volition beryllium presented to the Director General of the Ghana Education Service for further disciplinary action, WAEC said.
Attached beneath is simply a afloat transcript of the property statement
RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE) FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES, 2025
The West African Examinations Council wishes to pass its galore stakeholders that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 (Ghana Only Version).
The Council volition marque disposable login details to Heads of schoolhouse to alteration them to entree the results of their candidates.
The results person been hosted online, and candidates who truthful tendency whitethorn entree their results a t the Council's website www.waecgh.org.
The Council would similar to caution each its stakeholders to beryllium wary of fraudsters who committedness to upgrade results for a fee.
Candidates are to enactment that WAEC results are secured and tin beryllium authenticated utilizing its results verification system.
PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
A full fig of 461,736 candidates, made up of 207,415 males and 254,321 females from 1,021 schools, registered for the examination.
This fig is simply a 0.24% increase implicit the 2024 introduction fig of 460,611.
A full fig of 5,821 candidates, representing 1.26% were absent from the examination.
The show of candidates with respect to the 4 Core Subjects is shown successful the tables below
EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES
Following completion of investigations into immoderate of the cases of irregularity reported during the behaviour of the examination, the Ghana Examinations Committee, astatine its 40th Meeting held connected Wednesday, November 17, 2025, approved arsenic follows:
(1) Cancellation of Subject Results of 6,295 candidates for bringing overseas worldly similar prepared notes, substance books, and printed worldly into the introspection halls;
(2) Cancellation of Entire Results of 653 candidates for possession of mobile phones successful the introspection halls;
(3) Withholding of Subject Results of 908 and the Entire Results of 158 candidates for assorted suspected offences.
Yet still, immoderate taxable results of candidates from 185 schools person been withheld for alleged collusion. These cases are inactive nether investigation.
We are moving astir the timepiece to guarantee that the withheld results of these candidates are published earlier the extremity of December 2025 depending connected the result of investigations.
In addition, a full of 35 persons, 19 of whom are teachers were recovered to have engaged successful acts that compromised the integrity of the examination. So acold 19 of them person been arraigned earlier tribunal and person been convicted to fines oregon presumption of imprisonment.
The remaining 16 are yet t o presented earlier the courts by the police.
Beyond what the courts whitethorn decide, the database of teachers volition beryllium presented to the Director General of the Ghana Education Service for further disciplinary action.
CONCLUSION
The Council expresses its sincerest gratitude to stakeholders particularly the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, the Security Agencies, Heads of School, Supervisors, Invigilators, Examiners and each who successful divers ways supported it successful the successful behaviour of the introspection and merchandise of results.
Writer's email: enoch.frimpong@graphic.com.gh
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