Parents call out WAEC over WASSCE withheld results release delay

Parents whose wards’ 2024 WASSCE for School results are still pending have called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) management to fast-track the release of the WASSCE withheld results.
This comes after a group of frustrated parents and students besieged the Kumasi office of the WAEC on Wednesday, demanding the release of withheld results from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
According to the parents, the not-for-profit organization had sent messages instructing their wards to report to the regional office to verify whether they had engaged in any form of malpractice during the exams.
However, JoyNews’ Nana Boakye Yiadom reports that upon arriving at the office as early as 8 a.m., they were met with silence from the Examinations Council’s officials, prompting them to demand urgent answers.
The parents insist that the delay in releasing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results is jeopardizing their children’s academic futures.
They have therefore urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to expedite the WASSCE withheld results release process and make their final decision promptly to prevent further disruptions in the students’ education.
In other news, Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has called on parents and students to allow WAEC to complete its investigations, saying “the number of suspected cases of exam malpractice in the 2024 WASSCE is very huge.”
In a social media post sighted by Pretertiary.com, the Education Watch said it estimates about 160,000 cases withheld for investigation in the 2024 WASSCE for School Integrated Science and Core Math alone.
The education think tank has recommended that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) consider the following;