A total of 289,207 students across the country are writing this year’s ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), that will grant them access to tertiary institutions. The students are drawn from 916 schools. Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh on Thursday morning toured some examination centers in the Greater Accra Region to … Read more
Although the Ministry of Education has directed the Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools not prevent any student from writing the West African Examination (WASSCE), over fees, teachers of the Adeiso Presby Senior High School is said to be sacking and beating some of the students. Our Eastern regional correspondent Prince Collins Bening in a … Read more
The Ministry of Education (MoE) is urging all final year students to desist from any form of examination malpractices and to conduct themselves in a manner that is dignified and commendable. A statement issued on Wednesday said the consequences of examination malpractices were serious, including cancellation of results and prosecution. According to the statement the … Read more
This year’s West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) is currently underway with a total of 289,207 final-year public and private Senior High School (SHS) candidate sitting for it. Nine high school candidates from Togo, a French-speaking country, are taking part in this year’s examination for the first time. The WASSCE is designed for Senior … Read more
Picture shows roofing sheets that have been ripped off at the school due to the rainstorm Students of the Bosome Senior High School in the Ashanti region, need urgent intervention to bring life back to normalcy, after the school was hit with a devastating rainstorm yesterday, which destroyed properties worth thousands of cedis. A local … Read more
Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Honorable Paul Essein has revealed his plans to organise ‘Free’ remedial studies for Senior High School Students. The class is expected to take effect in April 2017 and give a second chance to students who failed the West African Senior School Certificate Examination ( WASSCE) … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is illegal for any head of a second cycle school to prevent any final-year student from writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for owing school fees. It has, therefore, warned that any head who is reported to have prevented students from writing the WASSCE will … Read more
The Central Regional Minister, Kwamina Duncan, has stated that training the younger generation today to become responsible citizens for national development tomorrow, is a collective responsibility of both the home and the school. He thus appealed to traditional authorities, opinion leaders, parents and guardians to lead exemplary lives in society for the young ones to emulate so … Read more
By Ivan Kyei Innocent The monopolization of academic certification by West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) at the second cycle institutions is a recipe for intellectual disaster considering the emerging waves of scandals sweeping over the conduct of examination in our institutions. It appears that the integrity of WAEC is severely bartered so badly that many … Read more
The Head of West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Head Office Very Reverend Dr Sam Nii Nmai Ollennu, has disclosed that 2, 293 candidates cheated in last year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said with the aid of the new anti-malpractice software, Item Differentia Profile (IDP), developed by the West African Examination … Read more
St. James College has really made a great name for itself this year by producing the Best WASSCE Candidate 2016 as well as the third best… Pius Kyere, a 20-year-old former student of the St. James Seminary/Senior High School, in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, has been declared the overall best candidate in the … Read more
Very Reverend Dr Sam Nii Nmai Ollennu, the Head of West African Examination Council, National Head Office, has said that 2, 293 candidates cheated in last year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said with the aid of the new anti-malpractice software, Item Differentia Profile (IDP), developed by the West African Examination Council … Read more
A student from the St. James Seminary/Senior High School in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been adjudged the overall best candidate in the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Twenty (20) Year old Pius Kyere was crowned the overall best candidate in Accra on Wednesday. For his prize, Pius Kyere received … Read more
A Ghanaian student, Master Pius Kyere of the St James Seminary, Sunyani, has been adjudged the Overall Best Student in West Africa. This is because he came tops in the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. Master Kyere, the fifth successive Ghanaian student to top the West African Examinations Council … Read more
Final year students preparing to sit for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate examination (WASSCE) are being charged monies by teachers and authorities of their schools to provide them with ‘apor’ during the sitting, to aid them sail through, Kapital News’ Sani Abdul-Rahman has uncovered. Charging illegal monies from students preparing to sit for WASSCE … Read more
An app that has all the BECE and WASSCE questions from 1990 to date has been launched in Accra. The app, Passco, was developed with the aim of helping Junior and Senior high school students to get access to past questions as they prepare for their WAEC external exams. The CEO of Revo Education (the … Read more
Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has expressed concern about the low grades that continue to be scored, in mathematics and science by candidates presented for the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). He said given the critical nature of the two subjects to the nation’s development agenda, the trend could not continue. Addressing … Read more
Comments by the Minister of Education that head teachers of basic and second cycle schools would be sacked should more than 90 percent of their students fail the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) and West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE), smacks of lack of leadership skills in him, Christian Addai-Opoku, National President of the … Read more
Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has debunked reports attributed to him that school heads who contribute to the persistent poor performance of students in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would be sacked. Dr Opoku Prempeh was reported to have said that basic and second cycle school heads who record 90 percent … Read more
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has described as empty threats issued by Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh that head teachers of basic and second cycle schools would be sacked if 90 per cent of their students fail the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). … Read more