The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has expressed shock at how a BECE student whose withheld Math result is yet to be released got an aggregate of 54 on her computerized school placement form.
The not-for-profit-making organization (WAEC) shock comes after a 14-year-old girl, Kpetaah Rejoice, from Lambussie in the Upper West Region, appealed for her pending Mathematics results to be released.
Rejoice, who aspires to become a lawyer in the future, completed Royal Star Community School in Nandom and obtained impressive grades in her BECE, including grade 1 in English, Dagare, and Career Technology. She also got grade 2 in Social Studies, R.M.E., Science 3, French 3, and Creative Arts 4.
However, her Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) Mathematics result was withheld without any justification. Consequently, the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) subsequently placed her at Wenchi Senior High School, a school she had never selected, with an unexplained aggregate of 54.
Agnes Tang, mother of Rejoice, and the management of Royal Star Community school have called for immediate intervention from the Ministry of Education, as every effort to resolve the issue with WAEC in the region has proved futile.
As the situation continues to unfold, Rejoice’s family and former school are calling for urgent intervention to ensure she gets the opportunity to pursue her education without further delay.
The 14-year-old says she is facing an uncertain future after being unable to secure admission into her preferred Senior High School, despite passing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2025.
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC), when contacted on the issue, expressed shock, saying that incidents of pending results are many this time, which they promise to resolve within the stipulated period.
This year, a total of 603,328 candidates, comprising 297,250 males and 306,078 females, from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.
This includes seventy-two (72 ) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and thirty-nine (239) with hearing impairment, and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.
The examination was conducted at two thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven (2,237 ) centres across the country. Out of the total number, two thousand, five hundred and twenty-six (2,526) candidates were absent.
The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,661) candidates. This was made up of eight hundred and fifty-eight (858) males and eight hundred and three (803 ) females.
Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.