{"id":306057,"date":"2017-03-29T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306057"},"modified":"2017-03-29T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:33:05","slug":"2017-wassce-takes-off-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/2017-wassce-takes-off-today\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 WASSCE takes off"},"content":{"rendered":"
This year\u2019s West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) is currently underway with a total of 289,207 final-year public and private Senior High School (SHS) candidate sitting for it.<\/p>\n
Nine high school candidates from Togo, a French-speaking country, are taking part in this year\u2019s examination for the first time.<\/p>\n
The WASSCE is designed for Senior High School students from English-speaking West African counties in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia.<\/p>\n
This is the second time Togolese students have shown interest in a national examination written in Ghana.<\/p>\n
During the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fpor Private Candidates, 51 Togolese students joined the Ghanaian students to write the examination.<\/p>\n
The 289,207 WASSCE candidates who are from 916 SHSs are made up of 147,597 males and 141,610 females.<\/p>\n
The number represents an increase of 14,945 from last year\u2019s number which was 274,262.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
The Eastern Region follows with 71,717 candidates (19,862 males and 21,855 females).<\/p>\n
The Greater Accra Region is next with 31,055 candidates (15,583 males and 15,472 females).<\/p>\n
Central Region has 30,545 candidates (15,350 males and 15,196 females).<\/p>\n
Northern Region has 25,633 candidates (14,724 males and 10,909 females).<\/p>\n
Volta Region has 23,142 candidates (12,299 males and 10,843 females).<\/p>\n
Western Region has 19,486 candidates (9,409 males and 10,077 females)<\/p>\n
Upper East Region has 13,069 candidates (6,625 males and 6,444 females)<\/p>\n
Upper West Region has 8,356 candidates (4,621 males and 3,735 females).<\/p>\n
The WASSCE candidates who began the examination with the practical tests will write History and Principles of Accounting today.<\/p>\n
Integrated Science will be taken tomorrow, March 30, 2017 and then Oral English on Friday, March 31, 2017.<\/p>\n
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Source: Junior Graphic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This year\u2019s West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) is currently underway with a total of 289,207 final-year public and private Senior High School (SHS) candidate sitting for it. Nine high school candidates from Togo, a French-speaking country, are taking part in this year\u2019s examination for the first time. The WASSCE is designed for Senior […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[5662,3,3472,5663],"yoast_head":"\n