WAEC releases WASSCE 2018 results; withholds results of 26,434 candidates

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates.

The Council said it will despatch the results to the schools, and candidates are advised to contact their heads of school for their results.

Meanwhile the examinations body says it is withholding the entire results of some 26,434 candidates pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of the examination.

The Council said in a statement signed by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs for the Head of National Office, warned that the withheld results will be cancelled if found culpable, or released if otherwise.

Below is the statement in full.

RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE) FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES 2018

The West African Examinations Council wishes to inform its numerous publics that it has released provisional results of candidates, who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, 2018. The Council will despatch the results to the schools and candidates are 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.

The Council is alerting members of the public especially candidates to be wary of impostors, who promise to change examination results for a fee. Candidates are to note that all WAEC results are well secured and can be authenticated. Persons with forged results will be exposed.

STATISTICS

A total of 316,999 candidates entered for the examination. This figure is 9.6% higher than the 2017 candidature of 289,207. The 2018 entry figure was made up of 158,550 (50.02 %) males and 158,449 (49.98%) females. The examination was conducted for 946 participating schools. A total of 1,378 (0.43%) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination.

The performance of the candidates in regard to the four core subjects are as follows:

Cores subjects

English Language
147,232 stds {46.79%) - A1-C6
 99,402 stds (31.60%) -  D7-E8
  68,002 stds (21.61%) - F9

Mathematics
120,519 stds (33%) - A1-C6
 94,607 stds (30.09%) - D7-E8
99,275 stds (31.58%) -  F9

Integrated Science
158,691 stds (50.52%) - A1-C6
 109,069 stds (34.72%) - D7-E8
46,367 stds (14.76%) - F9

Social Studies
230,141 stds (73.27%) - A1-C6
 46,464 stds (14.79%)- D7-E8
37,494 stds (11.94%) - F9


Based on the provisional results, the performance at Al- C6 in Social Studies showed a marked improvement over that of 2017 (52.25% to 73.27%), while Integrated Science recorded a slight improvement (43.66% to 50.52%). On the contrary, Mathematics (Core) showed a drop in performance from 2017 (42.73% to 38.33%). Similarly, there was a drop in the performance in English Language (54.06% to 46.79%).

MALPRACTICE

The entire results of 26,434 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 withheld results of candidates will be cancelled if found culpable, or released if otherwise.

CONCLUSION

The Council wishes to express its deepest appreciation to all stakeholders especially the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, Supervisors, Invigilators, the Ghana Police Service, Examiners and all who in various ways helped in the successful conduct of the examination and the timeous release of results.

Agnes Teye-Cudjoe (Mrs)

Head of Public Affairs for: Head of National Office

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