No Ghanaian Student Should Expect WASSCE Results This Year — WAEC

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>The West African Examinations Council &lpar;WAEC&rpar; has announced that the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination &lpar;WASSCE&rpar; results will be delayed due to financial constraints<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to John Kapi&comma; the Head of Public Relations at WAEC&comma; the examination body has not received the necessary funds from the government to complete the processing of the results<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The government owes WAEC approximately GH₵118 million&comma; which has hindered the council&&num;8217&semi;s ability to release the results&period; Furthermore&comma; WAEC requires an additional GH₵25 million to repair malfunctioning scanners essential for processing objective test results&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With less than two weeks left in 2024&comma; WAEC has stated that there is no specific date for the release of the results&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2024&sol;12&sol;WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-19-at-15&period;11&period;16-1068x601-1-1024x576&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-212916" &sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The office is scheduled to break for Christmas on December 20&comma; 2024&comma; and staff will need to be called back to work once the necessary funds are released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The delay in releasing the results has caused concern among students&comma; parents&comma; and educational institutions&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Minority in Parliament has called for the Finance and Education Ministers to be summoned to address the government&&num;8217&semi;s indebtedness to WAEC and resolve the impasse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>WAEC has appealed to the Ministry of Education for additional funding to repair the scanners and complete the marking process&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The council has assured stakeholders that the results will be released as soon as the technical and financial challenges are resolved&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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