2025 WASSCE Candidates Blame Authorities for Failing Papers, Video
- Several candidates who sat for the 2025 WASSCE examinations have begun relaying complaints
- They blamed schools and national authorities, arguing that questions varied from what they had studied
- Netizens who thronged the comments section of the video shared varied opinions on the WASSCE results
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Several 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates have expressed several concerns regarding their papers.
Source: UGC
This time, some are placing the blame on their schools and exam supervisors, claiming that the exam questions did not fall under the topics they had studied.
“We have been solving past questions, but still. The issue is, I have never seen such a question before. The topics we were given to prepare for the exam did not appear when we sat for the paper.”
In a video shared by JoyNews, the students insisted that they had studied hard and written something, so they did not understand why they received F9s and E8s.
“Although the Maths was difficult, we, the students, wrote something. We did something, but we all got F9 and E8.”
Reactions to WASSCE 2025 candidates’ complaints
YEN.com.gh has compiled several comments below.
Ernest wrote:
“These same pupils will tell you right after the exams that it went well!!!”
hstephen7 wrote:
“What they were taught was what they were given….”
Abdul Wadud wrote:
“For those in Kumasi, Super A1 branch is at Bantama Culture Centre 😂.”
Watch the TikTok video below:
Ghanaian lady wrote WASSCE four times
In another development, a Ghanaian lady who sat the WASSCE multiple times shared an inspirational story that served as motivation for many young people.
In a TikTok video posted on her platform, the eloquent lady recounted how she performed well academically in school but still struggled during the final exams.
According to her, although she loved studying maths in school, she somehow did not pass it in the WASSCE, adding that not passing science did not shake her that much.
Source: UGC
She eventually found a path forward and gained admission to university despite the challenges she faced.
In the TikTok video, she encouraged SHS graduates who did not perform well in their exams, stating that she had also faced setbacks.
The lady explained that after failing her WASSCE, she rewrote Core Mathematics and Integrated Science twice with NOVDEC but still did not pass.
However, after gaining university admission, she joined NAFTECS and sat for the exams a fourth time, successfully passing, which enabled her to graduate with her HND.
"I finally went to university when I realised that technical universities give conditional admissions. You can apply and attend school.
"If there is any SHS subject you failed, you get to rewrite it while at the university. If not, you cannot graduate.
"That’s how I was able to graduate with my HND and later complete my top-up degree. That’s how I have my degree today."
She encouraged students who failed their exams to remain hopeful, emphasising that setbacks do not define their future.
"Sometimes students do their best but, for reasons beyond their control, do not pass. Give [the] WASSCE students some grace."
University of Ghana shares admission guidelines
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that the University of Ghana had issued application guidelines to prospective students following the release of the 2025 WASSCE results.
The Academic Affairs Directorate advised prospective undergraduate applicants to log into the Applications Portal and update their information based on their exams.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
