Private WASSCE: WAEC Releases 2025 Results, Over 800 Candidates Suspected of Examination Malpractice

• WAEC releases provisional results for the 2025 WASSCE for Private Candidates amid examination malpractice investigations
• Over 800 candidates' results were withheld due to suspected exam breaches like collusion and impersonation
• Social Studies shows the highest pass rate, while Integrated Science reveals concerning performance among candidates

The West African Examinations Council has released the provisional results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates.

The council also withheld hundreds of results over suspected examination malpractice.

Graphic Online reported that the council the entire results of 348 candidates and subject results of 469 others pending investigations into alleged breaches of examination regulations.

The offences cited include collusion, impersonation, possession of foreign materials in examination halls and seeking external assistance.

The withheld results of candidates will be released or cancelled based on the outcome of investigations into their cases

Per data from the council, 41,767 candidates sat for the examination.

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The figure comprises 20,036 males and 24,501 females whole 2,422 registered candidates were absent.

The West African Examinations Council has indicated that the affected candidates may check the status of their results on the Council’s irregularities portal, where details of the alleged infractions and the required procedures have been outlined.

How did students perform in the Private WASSCE?

In the English Language, 67.43% of candidates obtained grades A1 to C6, while 11.04% recorded F9.

For Core Mathematics, 49.84% achieved passes, while 27.69% failed.

Integrated Science recorded comparatively weaker performance, with 35.00% obtaining passes and 32.00% failing.

Social Studies registered the strongest performance, as 81.21% of candidates secured grades A1 to C6, while 10.42% failed.

WAEC explains reasons for poor WASSCE performance

The 2025 WASSCE was notable for concerns about the poor performance nationwide.

This prompted President John Mahama order the Minister of Education to conduct a comprehensive review of the examiner's report to unravel the cause of the poor performance.

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The 2025 WASSCE saw a marked decline in core subjects, explaining that Mathematics recorded the steepest decline, with A1-C6 passes dropping from 305,132 in 2024 to 209,068 in 2025.

This represented a decline of more than 96,000 passes. With a pass rate of just 48.73%, more than half of the candidates failed to secure the grades required for tertiary education.

The seven main weaknesses identified in Core Mathematics were:

1. Difficulty representing mathematical information in diagrams
2. Inability to solve global mathematics-related problems
3. Poor construction of cumulative frequency tables
4. Weaknesses in making deductions from real-life situations
5. Challenges in solving simple interest applications
6. Inability to translate word problems into mathematical expressions
7. Difficulty interpreting results from cumulative frequency data

For Social Studies, chief examiners also identified gaps in candidates’ understanding and analytical skills.

The key weaknesses in Social Studies were:

1. Inability to write about government policies designed to improve citizens’ lives
2. Failure to explain how costly funerals negatively affect national development
3. Weak discussions on the forms of cooperation between Ghana and the United Nations agencies

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Boy celebrates aggregate 27 WASSCE results

Meanwhile, YEN.com,gh reported that a boy who attended Mankessim SHS became the envy of many after posting his 2025 WASSCE results slip online.

A viral video showed the boy, in the company of friends, checking his WASSCE results, with his exam results including C6s in three of the subjects he took.

Source: YEN.com.gh