When will the 2024 Private WASSCE (NOVDEC) results be released?

When will WAEC release the 2024 Private WASSCE (NOVDEC) results? This is the most asked question by candidates each time they contact Ghana Education News on social media. Other students who sat the exam have also asked whether they can apply for admission this year into tertiary institutions when WAEC releases their NOVDEC results.

Our team has good and bad news regarding the two questions above for students who sat the 2024 Private WASSCE (NOVDEC) exam administered by WAEC. Let us get all the answers as explained below.

Frequently Asked Question 1: When will WAEC release 2024 Private WASSCE (NOVDEC) results?

Our deep throat source has leaked the exam result release date to this portal. All students who sat for the WASSCE for private candidates are to expect the release of their results by the end of January 2025 or in the first week of February 2025.

“They will release the 2024 novdec results ending or 1st week in February, 2025,” our source indicated in response to our question.

Candidates are to note that in 2023, WAEC released the NOVDEC results on 20th February, 2024. This means WAEC is most likely to release the results within the stated date our reliable source has provided.

All candidates who sat the exam and are anxious are to watch out for the release of the results per the above reliable information unless WAEC alters its plans.

Frequently Asked Question 2: Can candidates who write and pass the 2024 NovDec apply for admission this year into tertiary institutions?

The answer to this question is a Yes with a but and No with explanations.

Yes, you can apply for admission into a tertiary institution if you pass the papers but 

[a] The school you want to apply to must still have its 2024-2025 admission open at the time of the release of the results. You can also check with some private universities that have more than one admission window. What it means is that, in such universities, they do admission at least twice a year.

[b] In the absence of the above, you can only apply for admission in October 2025 when the various universities open their admission portals for the 2025-2026 academic year.

No, you cannot gain admission into a tertiary institution in 2025 even if you pass the 2024 Private WASSCE, because if the admission portals are closed and you apply for admission when the 2025-2026 admissions open, you are likely to report to school for semester 1 in January 2026, which will be next year.

For students who fail to make the grades, they will have to resit the papers in the 2025 NOVDEC and since the results will only be released somewhere in January or February 2026, they will only be able to apply for admission in 2026 and go to school in January 2027.

It is because of these complications that you were expected by your parents and teachers to work hard and pass the WASSCE as school candidates. We hope the explanations above, no matter how unfavourable they are, help you to face the reality.

In a related development, the 2024 NovDec (PRIVATE-WASSCE) Registration  has stated that candidates who want to write the first series, which starts on 24th January 2025, WAEC has extended the closing date to 15th January, 2025.