WASSCE 2022: Why is Ghana the Only Country to Write Exams in August?
WASSCE 2022: Why is Ghana the Only Country to Write Exams in August?
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Every year, the WASSCE Examination is written by five West African Countries namely; Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia. This exam in the past years always take place in May/June each year until 2020 when it was shifted to September/October due to the outbreak of the COVID – 19 Pandemic. Fastward, the pandemic seems to be over and all the four African countries have changed their academic calendar to May/June for the WAEC WASSCE exams except Ghana.
Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia administered their WASSCE 2022 for school candidates from 9th May 2022 to 24th June 2022, leaving Ghana behind. To clarify the issue of why Ghana has not also changed the calendar to cope with its other sister countries, this is what the Head of the Ghana National Office of WAEC, Mrs Addy-Lamptey said during an interview with the Daily Graphic.
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WASSCE 2022: Why is Ghana the Only Country to Write Exams in August?
- The time was too short and the candidates would not have adequately prepared for the examination and so the Ministry of Education requested that it be conducted for them in August and September 2022.
- Ghanaian candidates will write a Ghana-only version of the WASSCE for School Candidates, starting from August 1 and ending on September 27.
- Some have requested candidates to register by paying a fee. We want to inform our public that the examination being conducted has totally different questions/parallel questions from the papers written in the other member countries.
- Our candidates will still compete for the National Distinction Award and the WAEC Excellence Award, which are normally competed for by all candidates in the five-member countries.
Standard Fixing and Grading Awards
- All post-examination arrangements will be handled internationally.
- For example, the Standard Fixing and Grading Awards meetings will have representatives from the five member countries,”
WASSCE 2022 Registered Students
A total of 422,883 candidates from 977 schools registered for the WASSCE after the extended closing date of 8th April 2022.
The entry figure included 72 candidates with visual impairment, made up of 39 males and 33 females, as well as 14 candidates with hearing impairment.
In addition to the four core subjects that all candidates write, candidates have the option to select up to a maximum of four elective subjects from the seven programmes offered in senior high schools.
Dedicated facilities (depots)
“This year, the number of depots has been increased to reduce the time taken in moving the question papers from the depots to the examination centres, pushing the depots closer to the examination centres.”
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