2023 WASSCE/BECE Registration Deadline Out

The West African Examinations Council has released the deadline for the registration of candidates for both WASSCE and BECE.

According to WAEC, the registration portal for the 2023 WASSCE will be closed on Wednesday, 19th April, 2023.

Also, the deadline for this registration of candidates for the 2023 BECE is on Friday, 28th April, 2023

Eligibility For 2023 WASSCE

The WASSCE for School Candidates is a school examination and is available to students in the third/final year of Senior High School only. It is therefore against the rules and regulations of the examination for schools to engage in the following activities:

• Solicit for students and advertise the WASSCE for School Candidates in any form e.g. in the print, electronic or social media;
• Register students who have not been enrolled in senior high school from their first year through to the third year and do not have the required continuous assessment records. The grading for the WASSCE (SC) is 70% external examination score and 30% continuous assessment score. Students who for one reason or the other transferred from one school to the other should have evidence of the necessary continuous assessment records;
• Register students who are not in final year or are not bona fide students of the school in question. We have received intelligence reports of some students in public schools who move from their schools to private schools to register for the examination because of assurances of obtaining good grades by these schools;
• Register ‘remedial’ students who have previously written the WASSCE (SC) and join some public/accredited private schools in form three for examination purposes only. Such students are being advised to register for the WASSCE for Private Candidates which has been specifically designed for remedial students and offers them the opportunity to register for the number of subjects they wish to take.

https://ghanaeducation.org/easter-break-for-all-senior-high-schools/

HOW MUCH IS THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR 2023 WASSCE

The approved WAEC registration fee for entry in 7 or 8 subjects is GH¢381.24. This figure is exclusive of the fees for practical or oral tests which range between GH¢14.50 and GH¢19.50 per practical test.

The general public is to note that the sanctions for the registration of non-school/unqualified candidate(s) for school candidates’ examinations and the fabrication and/or falsification of continuous assessment scores for the candidates are

• De-recognition of the affected school for not less than 1 year;
• Report made to the Ministry of Education or the appropriate WAEC Board for disciplinary action against the responsible person(s);
• Withholding of the entire results of the non-school/unqualified candidate, pending the outcome of investigation by the appropriate Committee of the Council.