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WASSCE 2024: Education Ministry Releases Additional GH¢25 Million To WAEC To Aid Release Of Results
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WASSCE 2024: Education Ministry Releases Additional GH¢25 Million To WAEC To Aid Release Of Results

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • The Ministry of Education has released another GH¢25 million to WAEC to aid the release of the 2024 WASSCE results
  • WAEC has not marked the objective section of the 2024 WASSCE because it is unable to repair broken scanners
  • Going into December 2024, WAEC was owed GH¢118 million by the government, which hampered its operations

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The Ministry of Education has released another GH¢25 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to help ensure the release of the 2024 WASSCE results.

Citi News reported that the ministry assured the body that WAEC would be well-resourced to enable it to release West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) results soon.

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The Ministry of Education has released an additional GH¢25 million to WAEC amid the delay in releasing the WASSCE results. Source: Ministry of Education GH
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Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum also told 3News that the 2024 WASSCE results will be released by December 29, 2024.

"They're working now through the holidays to get the results out... On or by the 29th of this month, I'm sure the results will come out."

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This disbursement of GH¢25 million is expected to alleviate some of WAEC's operational challenges and facilitate the timely completion of their marking processes.

Before this release, the government had channelled GH¢25 million and GH¢50 million to WAEC to administer the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) and WASSCE.

WAEC responded by saying it was disappointed the government had not released more to offset its debts to the council.

WAEC’s Head of Public Relations, John Kapi, told the press that GH¢25 million was not significant.

Before these disbursements, the government owed WAEC GH¢118 million. WAEC had been warning that the results would be delayed because of this debt.

The 2024 WASSCE cohort had 460,611 candidates comprising 212,954 male and 247,657 female students.

Why are the WASSCE results being delayed?

YEN.com.gh reported that WAEC has not marked the objective section of the 2024 WASSCE because it cannot repair broken scanners.

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The council has said it needs the money owed to it to repair the faulty scanners. The scanning of objective cards was expected to be done in November.

The WASSCE results were supposed to be released between December 9, 2024 and December 15, 2024.

Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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