What to do if your 2023 NOVDEC results shows you were “ABSENT”

Do you know what to do if your 2023 NOVDEC results shows you were “ABSENT” when you were actually present and wrote the exam? Read this for the action you need to take now.

Following the release of the 2023 WASSCE (NOVDEC) results for private students, some candidates who sat for the examination are not able to access their results. Each time they check, the portal returns the message “Absent.” This message means that, per WAEC’s examination systems, attendance was taken and verification was done on the examination day. You were absent at the centre where you were supposed to take the examination.

Some of the students facing this issue are those who changed their examination centres along the line for varied reasons. This change, though approved by WAEC, may not reflect the system; hence, your results were not keyed in.

Most of the candidates who changed their examination centres along the line are facing problems accessing their results.

What to do if your 2023 WASSCE Private (NOVDEC) results show you were “absent”
If you changed your examination centre along the line before the examination was administered by WAEC, you need to visit WAEC’s office near you and report the issue now to avid challenges.

If your results show that you are absent, you have to go to any nearby WAEC office for clarification before it’s too late.
In a related development, WAEC has started investigations into the 289 withheld private WASSCE results.

According to the Council, the candidates were alleged to have been involved in various cases of examination malpractice, including impersonation, bringing foreign materials (mobile phones) into the examination hall, and seeking external assistance, among others.

In a press statement released on Tuesday, February 20, announcing the release of the 2023 provisional results for private WASSCE candidates, WAEC said the results of these candidates would be released or cancelled based on the outcome of investigations.

The head of public affairs at WAEC, John Kapi, emphasised in an interview with JoyNews, which was monitored by Ghanaeducation.org, that some students were found to have exchanged papers during the examination, some engaged in impersonation (people were hired to write the NOVDEC), and others had foreign materials on them. ‘

Below are some of the revelations by John Kapi

“There were issues of collusion where we saw people exchange papers, and it was obvious that they had written the same thing.”

“We also had cases of impersonation, probably if somebody registered but wasn’t sure that they were capable of writing, so they hired somebody to come in and write for them, and in the course of it, we were able to apprehend some of them.”

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“There were others who had some foreign material on them, prepared notes, some pamphlets, others came in with mobile phones, and others would come in and the cost of the paper would go outside, pick up some material, and come in, ostensibly to try and see if they could get any assistance or whatever material they were bringing in,” he said.