WASSCE students pardon: Over 65% of respondents think Akufo-Addo’s decision was healthy

A section of Ghanaians believes President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s decision to intervene in the case involving the 14 students who were dismissed by the Ghana Education Service was a step in the right direction.

This was represented by some 65%, a total of 1,972 of respondents who indicated this in a GhanaWeb poll.

The President in a statement dated August 9, 2020, directed the Education minister, Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh to engage the Ghana Education Service to reconsider its decision of barring 14 WASSCE candidates from writing their remaining examinations on the grounds of indiscipline.

"The President believes that everyone deserves a second chance in life, and is, thus, hopeful that the students will be allowed by the GES to take their final examinations as scheduled”.

Following the president’s intervention, the GES later announced that the students will be allowed to write the exams.

Notwithstanding, a total of 856 respondents representing 28.25% voted “No” in disagreement with the president’s decision. Some individuals say the punishment was fair enough considering the height of violence and vandalism that was recorded in some schools.

Some 202 respondents representing 6.67% were "Not sure" of the president's decision.

NB: Results from this poll are only representative of participants and therefore cannot be generalized.

See results from the polls here:



Background to GhanaWeb polls

GhanaWeb launched its polls in May with the first question being: should the EC go ahead with the new register?

This poll question gained 141,132 responses in 48 hours and over 2,000 people commented under the poll expressing divergent views about the Electoral Commission and the new voters’ register.

The GhanaWeb Poll is an open-access poll that allows participants to self-select into participation. The results of the poll cannot be generalized but are only representative of the participants of the poll.

The poll seeks to enable GhanaWeb readers to predict the opinions of Ghanaians on issues and decisions that affect the country.

Results from this poll is only representative of participants and therefore cannot be generalised.