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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims by erstwhile Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum that mediocre absorption practices contributed to the diminution successful students’ show successful the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The work described the comments arsenic misplaced and urged the nationalist to disregard them.
In a connection issued connected Monday, December 1, 2025, and signed by the Head of Public Relations, Daniel Fenyi, the GES said the 2025 results reflected the existent world show of candidates.
“Management has taken enactment of attempts by Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, contiguous past Minister for Education, to property the show of students successful the 2025 WASSCE to unsupportive absorption practices of GES,” the connection said.
It added that Dr Adutwum’s remarks were inaccurate and did not bespeak the realities of the introspection process.
The 2025 WASSCE recorded wide drops crossed halfway subjects. Only 55.82 per cent of candidates obtained grades A1 to C6 successful Social Studies, down from 71.53 per cent successful 2024, the lowest successful 4 years, according to information from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
Core Mathematics saw the steepest decline, with conscionable 48.73 per cent passing, compared with 66.86 per cent successful 2024. The nonaccomplishment complaint roseate sharply, from 6.10 per cent successful 2024 to 26.77 per cent successful 2025, meaning astir 1 successful each 4 candidates failed the subject.
English Language recorded 69 per cent, a flimsy alteration from 69.52 per cent successful 2024, portion Integrated Science dropped to 57.74 per cent from 58.77 per cent the erstwhile year.
A full of 461,736 candidates from 1,021 schools sat for the examination, a marginal emergence implicit the 460,611 candidates registered successful 2024.
Mr Fenyi attributed the result partially to tighter supervision crossed introspection centres.
According to him, strict invigilation and adherence to introspection rules led to the apprehension of students and immoderate unit who attempted to cheat.
“The 2025 WASSCE was conducted nether heightened invigilation, strengthened supervision, and strict adherence to introspection protocols crossed each centres. These measures led to the apprehension of immoderate students and unit who would person engaged successful malpractices,” the connection added.
GES stated that Dr Adutwum’s claims were an effort to divert attraction from his ain relation successful managing the introspection during his tenure arsenic minister.
Responding to the erstwhile minister’s assertion that teachers’ allowances had been cancelled, the GES said this was untrue.
It explained that the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department had already provided reasons for the hold successful paying November allowances.
“It is not existent that the GES has cancelled immoderate allowances owed to teachers, arsenic claimed by Dr Adutwum. The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department has publically explained the reasons for the non-payment,” the connection said.
The GES maintained that the 2025 results offered a wide representation of candidates’ world enactment and signalled improvements successful the integrity of the introspection process.
“The result is simply a credible practice of students’ abilities,” it said.
The work added that maintaining a credible introspection strategy remained successful the involvement of students, schools, and the state arsenic a whole.
The GES besides reminded students that Ghana volition revert to the planetary WASSCE successful May/June 2026 and urged them to hole thoroughly for the transition.
“Management volition not compromise the integrity of examinations and volition proceed to enactment with heads of schools, teachers, students, parents, communities, civilian nine organisations and WAEC to amended teaching, learning and introspection integrity,” it said.
The effect from GES comes amid nationalist statement triggered by the merchandise of the 2025 WASSCE results, which galore accidental bespeak deeper challenges successful the country’s acquisition system.
Below is the afloat statement:
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