Entire results of 653 candidates cancelled as WAEC releases WASSCE 2025 provisional results

The West African Examinations Council has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 (Ghana Only Version).

WAEC in its statement revealed that it will make available login details to heads of school to enable them to access the results of their candidates.

It announced that the results have also been hosted online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website, www.waecgh.org. A total number of 461,736 candidates, made up of 207,415 males and 254,321 females from 1,021 schools, registered for the examination.

The figure represents a 0.24% increase over the 2024 entry figure of 460,611.

A total number of 5,821 candidates, representing 1.26%, were absent from the examination.

WAEC cancelled the subject results of 6,295 candidates for bringing foreign material like prepared notes, textbooks, and printed material into the examination halls.

The entire results of 653 candidates were also cancelled for possession of mobile phones in the examination halls, while 908 subject results and the entire results of 158 candidates were withheld for various suspected offences.

The statement added, “Yet still, some subject results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld for alleged collusion. These cases are still under investigation. We are working around the clock to ensure that the withheld results of these candidates are published before the end of December 2025, depending on the outcome of investigations.

In addition, a total of 35 persons, 19 of whom are teachers, were found to have engaged in acts that compromised the integrity of the examination. So far 19 of them have been arraigned before court and have been convicted to fines or terms of imprisonment.

The remaining 16 are yet to be presented before the courts by the police. Beyond what the courts may decide, the list of teachers will be presented to the Director General of the Ghana Education Service for further disciplinary action.”