The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has launched all withheld outcomes for the 2024 West African Senior Faculty Certificates Examination (WASSCE) following an order from the Accra High Court.
WAEC had initially withheld the outcomes of over 10,500 candidates, citing alleged examination malpractice and irregularities. Nonetheless, this choice was strongly contested by the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), resulting in a authorized battle.
On 30 January 2025, the Excessive Court docket in Accra dominated that WAEC should launch the withheld outcomes with none prejudicial footnotes, stating that the council’s justification for withholding them was ambiguous and inconsistent.
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WAEC subsequently filed a keep of execution to problem the choice, however this was dismissed on 20 February 2025 by the court docket, presided over by Justice Ali Baba Abature.
Following the ruling, WAEC’s Head of Public Relations, John Kapi, confirmed that the outcomes had been launched.
In an interview with Citi Information, he said:
As we promised, we saved to our guarantees. So by the shut of February 28, we had uploaded all the outcomes of the candidates whose outcomes had been withheld. The court docket had ordered that we must always launch the outcomes of these candidates.
So we’ve gone forward with all the outcomes. So we don’t have any excellent outcomes so far as, you realize, these exams are involved.
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He added:
Effectively, 28 was a Friday, and so we assume that the persons are nonetheless ready until the start of the week, you realize, to start to name the workplace and to register some complaints. However, once more, I feel that no matter we now have put out there’s a true reflection of the efficiency of the candidates within the examination.
This growth brings finality to the difficulty, permitting college students to entry their outcomes and transfer ahead.
