WAEC publishes provisional results of WASSCE 2018 | Education

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the provisional results of candidates who participated in the West African Secondary School Leaving Examination (WASSCE) 2018.

A total of 316 999 candidates participated in the examination, 9.6% than the candidacy of 289,207 in 2017.

A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Chief WAEC Public Affairs, indicates that the 2018 figure was composed of 158,550 representing 50.02% men and 158,449 representing 49.98% of women.

He said that the review was conducted for 946 participating schools.

The statement says a total of 1.378 meaning 0.43 percent of the candidates who registered and were absent from the exam. 19659002] He stated that the Council would send the results to schools and applicants are welcome to contact their school principals for their results.

The statement says that the Council has The complete results of 26 434 candidates have been held pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of irregularities found during and after driving [19659002Thestatementstatedthatthesuccessfulresultsofthecandidateswouldberescindediftheywerefoundguiltyorreleasediftheywereotherwise

The candidates' performances in the four main subjects are as follows:

English Language: 147,232 = 46. 79% obtained A1-C6; 99,402 (31.60%) obtained D7-E8 while 68,002, or 21.61%, had F9; Mathematics (core): 120,519 (38.33%) obtained A1-C6; 94,607 (30.09%) obtained D7-E8 while 99,275 (31.58%) had F9; Integrated Science: 158,691 (50.52%) achieved A1-C6; 109,069 (34.72%) obtained D7-E8 while 46,367 14.76% obtained F9; Social Studies: 230 141 (73.27%) obtained Al-C6; 46,464 (14.79 percent) obtained D7-E8 while 37,494 (11.94 percent) had F9.

The statement said the council is alerting members of the public, especially candidates to be wary of impostors, who promise to change exam results.

It is said that candidates should note that all WAEC results are secure and can be authenticated and that people with falsified results would be exposed.

Statement says based on preliminary results, performance at A1-C6 Social studies showed a marked improvement over that of 2017 with a success rate of 52.25% to 73.27%, while integrated sciences show a slight improvement from 43.66% to 50.52%.

2017 performance (42.73% to 38.33%). Similarly, there was a decline in English language performance (54.06% to 46.79%).

He expressed his deep gratitude to all stakeholders including the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, Supervisors, Supervisors Service, examiners and all those who in various ways have contributed to the smooth running of the examination and publication of the results.