{"id":377089,"date":"2017-11-24T07:33:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=377089"},"modified":"2017-11-24T07:33:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T07:33:38","slug":"wassce-1873-private-candidates-results-withheld-for-alleged-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/wassce-1873-private-candidates-results-withheld-for-alleged-cheating\/","title":{"rendered":"WASSCE: 1,873 Private candidates&#8217; results withheld for alleged cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has released the provisional results of 117,306 candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for 2017 private candidates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results of 1,873 candidates, alleged to have been involved in various examination malpractices, have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into the cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was in a statement signed by Reverend Victor Brew, the acting Director, on behalf of the Head of the National Office of WAEC, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It said the withheld results would be released as soon as the Council concludes its investigations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement said candidates may access their results online at www.waecgh.org.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It alerted members of the public to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who would contact candidates with the promise of bettering their results for a fee payable through mobile money transfers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement assured the public that the Council\u2019s results database was well secured, and as such, all forged results could be detected by the confirmation or verification system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInstitutions and organisations are advised to confirm or verify results presented to them directly from the Council or access the confirmation or verification service online at the WAEC website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has released the provisional results of 117,306 candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for 2017 private candidates. 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