Ghana to write WASSCE without 4 WAEC member countries in 3yrs

Since 2022, This year will be the third time Ghanaian candidates will be writing the WASSCE for School alone without other West African Examinations Council (WAEC) member counties, the spokesman of the Council, John Kapi has said.

In a discussion with the Daily Graphic, the WAEC official confirmed the change made by the Ghana Education Service (GES) regarding the calendar for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School.

According to the management of Ghana Education Service, this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates will now be written from August 5 to September 27, 2024.

“Management of the Ghana Education Service wishes to inform all heads of Senior High Schools that the date for the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination 2024 for School Candidates earlier has been revised,” it said.  

The change in the date for the administration of the International examination to August/September comes after the Service earlier scheduled July 1 to August 31, 2024, for the not-for-profit-making organization to conduct the WASSCE

Ghana will sit for the WASSCE for School alone because the other four member countries of the WAEC — Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia — have returned to the May/June calendar after the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The fact that it is Ghana only does not change anything about the examination. It is still the same process that we go through and the same conditions that go with the examination in the other member countries of WAEC,” Kapi said.

Asked if there were going to be any differences, he said “The only difference, was the date for the WASSCE, but the processes, the nature of the examination and everything remained the same as those for the other member countries of WAEC.”

“There were about 15 subjects that officers compiled from outside the country and so it was still going to continue the same way. It is just that we have decided to push ours further so that our students can make time for it to be able to write and write it well,” he explained.

Explaining further the indifference he said, “We still have the international panels that do the final marking schemes for the marking of the papers, then another international panel does the final awards which lead to the grading.”

In a related development, the management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) after opening the portal for the 2024 WASSSCE for School registration on March 11, 2024 says it will be closed on April 19, 2024.