End cheating probe before releasing WASSCE results – WAEC told
Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to complete investigations into alleged malpractices in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination before it releases all WASSCE for School results.
“WAEC should be firm. Don’t release results until investigations into prima facie collusion and cheating allegations at WASSCE are completed,” the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, said in a Facebook post.
EduWatch recommendation comes after an Accra High Court dismissed the not-for-profit organisation (WAEC) application for a stay of execution against an earlier order to release the withheld WASSCE for School results on January 30, 2025.
The Daily Graphic, in a report sihghted by Pretertiary.com said Justice Ali Baba Abature, during a hearing on February 20, 2025, ruled that the West African Examinations Council failed to provide sufficient justification for withholding the 2024 WASSCE for School results.
In an interview, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, Martin Kpebu, threatened to secure a contempt of court order against the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) if it invites them.
“WAEC doesn’t have jurisdiction to invite my clients again because we’ve gone to court and a court order has been issued, so WAEC can’t continue. I understand WAEC continues to invite candidates to come.
My candidates are not part. If WAEC invites any of my clients, we will be compelled to secure a contempt against WAEC because a court order has been made and the judge has held that WAEC has no case, and so release the results so WAEC cannot invite my clients again,” he said in an interview with JoyNews.
In response, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced plans to appeal a stay of execution on a court ruling that ordered the release of withheld West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.
Speaking in an interview monitored by Pretertiary.com, WAEC’s Head of Legal Affairs, Rev. Victor Brew, assured that the withheld results would still be released on February 28, except for those directly involved in the ongoing legal proceedings.
“We are going to repeat the stay of execution application at the court of appeal in line with what is established procedure in court matters
As for 28th [February], it is for the generality of all outstanding results, and just to clarify these are just a portion of all the outstanding results. So even as these 10,000 candidates went to court, we are still working, and so the 28th is a date to say that all results finally would have been worked on
Those that are exonerated, they would have their results uncanceled. Those that will be found culpable will have their results cancelled. Perhaps the only group of people will be those students who took us to court, and we have to respect the court procedure,” the WAEC official told Citi News.
This year, a total of 461,640 candidates, made up of 207,381 males and 254,259 females from 1,021 second-cycle schools, sat for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School.
The 2025 WASSCE for School candidature represents a 0.22% increase over the 2024 entry figure of 460,611. The Ghana version of the International examination took place at 703 centers across the country.
The 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, which commenced on Tuesday, 5th August 202,5 with the Visual Art Project work and continued with the written papers on Monday, 18th August 2025, ended on Friday, 19th September 2025.
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