WASSCE: Students Throng WAEC Office Over Exam Malpractice, Video Goes Viral

WASSCE: Students Throng WAEC Office Over Exam Malpractice, Video Goes Viral

  • A video of the current situation at the WAEC office has generated huge reactions on social media
  • This comes after the students were invited by WAEC to assist the Council with investigations into alleged exam malpractice
  • Over 300 students from a popular school in Takoradi were invited to assist with the investigations

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Disgruntled Senior High School teachers, students, and headmasters on Monday, December 8, thronged the West African Examination Council (WAEC) office in Sekondi.

This follows a message from the Council asking them to report to the premises for investigations into alleged examination malpractices during the 2025 WASSCE.

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WAEC commences investigations into examination malpractice. Photo credit: Beach FM/TikTok
Source: TikTok

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh on the TikTok page of Beachfm1055, SHS graduates were seen standing at the premises of WAEC looking anxious.

Shedding more light on the situation, a reporter for Beach FM who was at the venue gave more details on the situation.

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According to her, one school in Takoradi, known as Obiri Senior High School, had the results of over 300 students flagged for suspected examination malpractice, adding that attempts to speak to the headteacher of the school proved futile.

She explained that students of such schools were being made to give individual reports on what may have transpired during the WASSCE.

At the time of writing the report, the post, which had raked in over 2,000 likes, was captioned:

“The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has initiated investigations into alleged examination malpractices during the 2025 WASSCE. In Sekondi, over 300 students from Obiri Senior High School in Takoradi have been invited by the Council for their alleged involvement in the malpractice.”
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Over 50 per cent fail Mathematics in the 2025 WASSCE Photo credit: @Ministry of Education/Facebook
Source: Facebook

2025 WASSCE provisional results statistics per cent

WAEC, meanwhile, released the provisional results to mixed reactions after 161,606 students (39.87%) failed Integrated Science, while 220,806 students (57.74%) obtained grades ranging from A1 to C6.

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Forty-four per cent, representing 196,727 students, also failed Social Studies, with 248,538 students (55.82%) passing the subject.

WAEC also disclosed that a total of 220,008 students (50.54%) failed Core Mathematics, while 209,068 students (48.73%) passed the subject.

Mahama calls for probe into WASSCE

President John Mahama has instructed a review of the WASSCE results and ordered the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, to conduct a review of the examiner’s report of the 2025 WASSCE.

The decision was premised on the need to determine the cause of the poor performance in this year’s WASSCE by Ghanaian senior high school students.

Addressing attendees during the launch of the STEMBox initiative on Thursday, December 4, 2025, Mahama expressed dissatisfaction with the results.

Watch the video below:

Lady advises SHS graduates about Nov Dec

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a Ghanaian lady has advised Senior High School graduates who sat for the 2025 WASSCE.

The young lady posted a video on December 4 in which she spoke about the messages she had received that they could secure admission to the university with their WASSCE results.

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She also stated that another option available for SHS graduates to pursue university education was to focus their attention on distance-education programmes.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Head of Human Interest Desk) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.