University of Ghana Sends Message To All 2022 WASSCE Applicants Who Wish To Be Admitted By The University

Ghana’s Premier university, University of Ghana, Legon, has issued a statement to all 2022 WASSCE Applicants who wish to be admitted to the University of Ghana.
According to the management of the university, all 2022 applicants who have bought admission forms from the university are advised to visit the University’s website and log in to the application portal.
The purpose of this exercise is to help applicants review the accuracy of entries or particulars such as their names and dates of birth.

This comes after the West African Examination Council (WAEC) released the provisional results for the 2022 West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

In a statement on Thursday, WAEC said the results relate to only Ghanaian students who took part in the exams this year.

According to the examination body, candidates can access the results on its website.

However, some 8,486 candidates who were reported by the Ghana Education Service for vandalising school property and engaging in other illicit acts will not be able to access their results.

“The affected candidates are advised to visit their schools for their results”, portions of the statement said.

Performance Statistics

In all, a totalthember of 422,883 candidates, comprising 203,753 males and 219,130 females from 977 schools sat for the exams.
Meanwhile, the Council says “the entire results of 117 candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into alleged cases of impersonation detected during the examination”.

For such candidates, WAEC says their results “may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations”.

WAEC also intimated that the scripts of candidates from 179 schools in certain subjects “are being scrutinised for reported cases of collusion”.

In a related development, the subject results of 3,845 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign material into the examination hall.

This is in addition to the entire results of 518 candidates which have been cancelled for sending mobile phones into the examination hall, WAEC said.

Written by Ghana Education News Editorial Staff

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