Following the disappointing performance in the 2025 WASSCE, education stakeholders are urging students, parents, and remedial school operators to take decisive steps to ensure better outcomes in the upcoming 2026 private WASSCE examinations. The call comes after the West African Examinations Council released results that revealed widespread failure across key subjects, a development many educators say is linked to poor study habits, indiscipline, and entrenched negative attitudes that many candidates carried throughout their schooling years.
Speaking sharply on the matter, Wisdom Hammond of Education-News Consult, known for his tough and unapologetic stance on academic accountability, did not hold back. He stated that the 2025 results should serve as a “painful but necessary wake-up call” for students who spent their school years prioritizing excuses, distractions, truancy, and shortcuts instead of hard work. According to him, too many young people “want good grades but refuse to put in good effort,” and the current outcome is simply a reflection of that behavior. Hammond stressed that students who failed have no time to waste and must immediately enter credible remedial schools where strict supervision and disciplined study are enforced.
Hammond further urged remedial school operators not to feel pressured into lowering fees simply because parents are complaining. In his words, “Quality preparation costs money. If we want serious teaching, serious teachers, and serious results, then remedial schools must charge fees that allow them to do real academic work—not charity.” He insisted that the era of cheap remedial programmes that produce poor results must end, adding that schools should boldly set fees that match the intensity and expertise required to prepare students adequately for the October/November 2026 private WASSCE.
At the same time, parents are being called out and reminded of their central role in correcting the failures of 2025. Hammond, known for speaking plainly, warned that many parents have been “too relaxed for too long,” only showing concern after results are released. He urged them to be more responsible now that they will be paying significant fees for remedial tuition. According to him, parents must actively monitor attendance, reduce home distractions, enforce discipline, and demand accountability from their wards since their own financial sacrifices are now on the line. “If parents are paying hard-earned money, they cannot behave as if learning is optional. This time, everyone must sit up,” he said.
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Education observers agree that the lessons of the 2025 WASSCE should not be ignored. They believe that with consistent study, strict discipline, serious parental involvement, and well-resourced remedial schools, many of the affected students can return in 2026 with far better results. But as Hammond emphasized, success will only come to those willing to abandon old habits and approach this second chance with seriousness, humility, and urgency.