WAEC announces date to begin marking of 2024 WASSCE for School papers
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will commence marking the 2024 WASSCE for School papers of students who sat for the Ghana version of the International examination a week after the release of the 2024 BECE results.
Following the release of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School and Private Candidates results on October 19, 2024, marking of the WASSCE for School scripts is expected to start from October 28.
Speaking in an interview monitored by GhanaEducation.org, the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC, John Kapi said his outfit will release the 2024 WASSCE for School results on time and begin the conduct of 2024 Nov/Dec.
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School which began on Monday, August 5, 2024, with the administration of Visual Arts project work, concluded on Friday, September 20, 2024.
A total of 460,611 candidates, representing 212,954 boys and 247,657 girls from 1,003 public and private second-cycle schools registered for the examination, which was conducted across 1,000 centres nationwide.
Regarding the 2024 BECE, a total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.
This includes fifty-nine (59) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and sixty-three (263) with hearing impairment and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.
The examination was conducted at Two thousand, one hundred and twenty-three (2,123) centres across the country. Out of the total number, three thousand, eight hundred and forty-five (3,845) candidates were absent
The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,390) candidates. This was made up of seven hundred and fifty (750) males and six hundred and forty (640) females
Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.