WAEC breaks for Christmas, 2024 WASSCE result not near release

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has concluded its activities for the year following the announcement of its break for the 2024 Christmas festivities. WAEC’s Christmas break begins on 20th December, and the council will officially resume work on 6th January 2025.

This means that the possibility of WAEC releasing the 2024 WASSCE results for school candidates before January 7th, 2025, is highly unlikely.

According to the council, its offices will reopen for business on January 6, 2025. As a result, universities and other tertiary institutions in Ghana will be unable to commence their Semester 1 academic activities on the initially proposed reopening date of 4th January 2025 due to the delayed release of the WASSCE results.

All WASSCE candidates who applied for admission and have their status pending will also be unable to complete their admission processes until the results are released.

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This marks the first time in WAEC’s history that WASSCE results have not been released in the same year the examination was administered to school candidates. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, WAEC typically released results in under 70 days after the last paper. In some instances during the pre-COVID era, results were released in less than 50 days when students were paying for their WASSCE exams directly.

WAEC’s inability to complete post-exam processes and release the results is largely due to the government’s failure to pay its debts to the council. These debts arose because the government absorbed the entire WASSCE exam registration fee for all students in public senior high schools but failed to pay WAEC, leaving the council financially constrained and unable to fund its operations.

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Below is the full message from WAEC on its break:

“The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) wishes to inform all its stakeholders and members of the public that its offices in Accra and the regions will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays from Friday, 20th December 2024, at 5:00 pm.

All offices will reopen for business on Monday, 6th January 2025, at 8:00 am.

We wish all our stakeholders and members of the public season’s greetings and best wishes for the coming year.”

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From what is happening regarding the release of the results, it is clear that the 2024 WASSCE result will not be released until after the new government takes over in January 2025