According to WAEC, this year’s figures show a slight improvement of last year’s results.

[contextly_sidebar id=”soYUqRgS7WQmTzSWWcXDSKkzYZBHvAIa”]The Council in a statement on Wednesday and signed by Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, said while it is working at dispatching the results to various schools students could also access their results online via the WAEC website.

WAEC said for English Language, 155,077, representing 54.06% obtained between A1 and C6 while 73,409 (25.59%) had between D7 and E8 while 58, 351, representing 20.35%, had F9.

For Mathematics WAEC stated that 122,450 (42.73%) had A1-C6 while 106, 024 (37%) had D7-E8 and a total of 58,070 (20.27%) had F9.

In Integrated Science, 125,204 (43.66%) passed (A1-C6) while 84851 (29.59%) obtained D7-E8.

About 26.75%, translating to 76,693 failed (F9) in Integrated Science.

According to WAEC, 67,078 failed in Social Studies while 149, 806 passed (A1-C6). 69,795 obtained between D7 and E8.

WAEC further noted that the entire results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld, pending conclusion of investigations into malpractices detected during and after the examinations.

“Results of candidates from 31 out of the 185 schools were detected with the Item Differentia profile (IDP) software, which showed cheating in the objective tests,” the statement added.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Nine high school candidates from Togo, a French-speaking country, are taking part in this year’s examination for the first time.

The WASSCE is designed for Senior High School students from English-speaking West African counties in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia.

This is the second time Togolese students have shown interest in a national examination written in Ghana.

During the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fpor Private Candidates, 51 Togolese students joined the Ghanaian students to write the examination.

The 289,207 WASSCE candidates who are from 916 SHSs are made up of 147,597 males and 141,610 females.

The number represents an increase of 14,945 from last year’s number which was 274,262.

Statistics from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) indicated that the Ashanti Region has the highest number of candidates of 67,513 (34,198 makes and 33,315 females).

The Eastern Region follows with 71,717 candidates (19,862 males and 21,855 females).

The Greater Accra Region is next with 31,055 candidates (15,583 males and 15,472 females).

Central Region has 30,545 candidates (15,350 males and 15,196 females).

Northern Region has 25,633 candidates (14,724 males and 10,909 females).

Volta Region has 23,142 candidates (12,299 males and 10,843 females).

Western Region has 19,486 candidates (9,409 males and 10,077 females)

Upper East Region has 13,069 candidates (6,625 males and 6,444 females)

Upper West Region has 8,356 candidates (4,621 males and 3,735 females).

The WASSCE candidates who began the examination with the practical tests will write History and Principles of Accounting today.

Integrated Science will be taken tomorrow, March 30, 2017 and then Oral English on Friday, March 31, 2017.

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Source: Junior Graphic

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