Students Must Now Prepare Rigorously For WASSCE- GES  

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has advised students of second-cycle institutions to make adequate preparations for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

It said this has become necessary as Ghana moves away from the ‘Ghana-only WASSCE’ introduced under the previous administration.

“Management of GES admonishes students to prepare very well for the examination,” it said, emphasising that it will not compromise the integrity of examinations.

Meanwhile, it said it will continue to work closely with heads of schools, teachers, students, parents, communities, Civil Society Organisations and WAEC to improve teaching and learning and the integrity of the examination.

The results released over the weekend showed that a total of 131,097 candidates scored below C6 in English, 429,076 scored below C6 in Mathematics, 382,412 scored below C6 in Integrated Science, and 445,265 scored below C6 in Social Studies.

It noted that the outcome is a credible representation of students’ abilities, adding that measures to guard against examination malpractices were rigorously enforced.

The Service affirmed that appreciation of outcome would be a direct demonstration of the trend towards restoring the integrity of the examination process.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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