WAEC Begins Scanning and Marking of 2024 WASSCE Objective Answer Sheets – Results Expected Soon!

WAEC Begins Scanning and Marking 2024 WASSCE Objective Answer Sheets: Results Expected Soon. WAEC is expected to give an update on the result release date. 

The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), following the release of 25 million by the government, has started scanning the objective answer sheets for the 2024 WASSCE for school candidates.

Mr. John Kapi, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, said in a discussion with Joy FM that the commencement of the 2024 WASSCE objective sheet scanning follows the successful repair of the breakdown scanning machine.

He indicated that the scanner technicians managed to repair three of the machines needed for scanning the examination objective sheets, enabling the Examinations Council to process scanning of the answer sheets.

“Some of the machines are not fully operational, but we’ve managed to tweak a few of them, and work will start tonight with the scanning of the objective answer cards. And we have to run slowly because they are not, you know, fully fit as it were,” he disclosed.

Kapi added, “The council is working tirelessly to meet its timelines, even though staff were initially on their Christmas break. The urgency to complete the scanning and ensure results are released has led WAEC to recall some personnel to assist with the process.”

The WAEC spokesman said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has also engaged examiners to scrutinise WASSCE for school scripts of candidates flagged for possible examination malpractice.

The not-for-profit organization official, despite the central government’s release of some funds to facilitate ongoing activities, emphasised the need for additional financial support to complete all aspects of the results processing.

Critical expenses include the repair of additional machines, payment of invigilators and supervisors, and procurement of a larger bandwidth for uploading the 2024 WASSCE for School results online.

“We’ve received assurances from the government that more funds will be released soon. However, if this doesn’t happen, we may face delays,” the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi, told the host of Joy FM’s Newsnight.

In a related development, the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has already completed 50 percent of the WASSCE objective answer sheets. The minister had earlier revealed that the 2024 WASSCE results would be released by 29th December, 2024 however, WAEC is yet to confirm is the date was feasible.

Speaking to the media, the Education Minister said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on December 28 or 29, 2024, will release the provisional West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school results.

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“I came to apprise myself of developments in terms of the fact that they are working now through the holidays to get the results out on or before the 29th of this month. So I came and saw the workers working, and currently close to 50% of the objectives have been marked,” he told journalists addressing them at a press briefing.