Private SHSs demand release of the ‘delayed’ 2024 WASSCE results
Private Senior High Schools (SHSs) have called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to release the provisional results of their candidates who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School.
The private second-cycle schools call follows the central government’s outstanding debt owed to the Examinations Council making it difficult for WAEC to process and release the 2024 WASSCE for School results online.
They have described as unacceptable the delay in the release of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School results since their candidates made payments for it and thus should not be affected.
The Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) therefore has said it would, in collaboration with parents and students, be compelled to take further action if the situation was not addressed in the coming days.
“Regrettably, although students in private schools who sat for the 2024 WASSCE for School Candidates duly paid the WASSCE registration fees, our students are also being denied the right to receive their results.
This situation is unacceptable because most universities in Ghana have their admission deadline in January 2025,” the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools said in a statement sighted by Pretertiary.com.
The statement signed by the President, I. K. Mensah, the Public Relations Officer, Naphtali A. Kyei-Baffour, and General Secretary of CHOPSS, Joseph K. Dzamesi, said WAEC’s inability to release the results of the 2024 WASSCE is a worrying situation which could jeopardise the future of students who depend on results for tertiary entry.
“We therefore wish to call on the government as a matter of urgency to disburse any outstanding balance due to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) so that the results can be released immediately.
Private Senior High Schools have suffered enough. For eight years, we have been ignored and not considered worthy of participating in the free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy.
We would be compelled to take further action in collaboration with parents and students to address the situation if a positive response is not forthcoming in the coming days,” the Conference of Heads of Private Schools noted.
The 2024 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates started on Monday, August 5, 2024, with the administration of Visual Art Project work ended on Friday, September 20, 2024.
A total of 460,611 candidates made up of 212,954 males and 247,657 females, presented by 1,003 participating schools registered for the examination. The examination was administrated at 1,000 centres across the country.
In a blog post on WAEC’s website, it said that staff of WAEC, monitoring agents recruited by the Council, Personnel of the National Intelligence Bureau, Ghana Police Service, National Security, the Ghana Education Service, GNAT and other security agencies monitored the examination across the country.
“Some Supervisors and Invigilators complied with the rules and regulations regarding the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates
Most candidates also adhered to the Dos and Don’ts of the examination communicated to them during the sensitisation of candidates prior to the conduct of the examination,” the Examinations Council said in the blog post.
