WAEC May Organise Independent Exams for Ghanaian Students Only

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) may organise an exit exams for junior and senior high school students in Ghana, the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said.

Following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, WAEC suspended the 2020 WASSCE for both senior and junior high school students in its operative countries.

However, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said WAEC had given notice to provide support for countries that would want to organise their independent examinations.

If the arrangements goes through, the minister indicated that WASSCE candidates in Ghana may write a different exam from what their colleagues in other West African countries would write.

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Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, the Minister said he expects WAEC  to consider supporting Ghana to independently conduct the examination considering the county’s progress in bringing the virulent disease under control.

“WAEC has already signalled that general examinations are suspended. Specific countries that can put in place interim measures will be given support to take off [with] their examination. We believe that we are able to now do this for our final year students. My expectation at this stage is that ours will be on a standalone matter while for the other countries, they [WAEC] proceed to attend to them as and when they are ready to do something similar,” he said.

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in announcing the first phase of eased COVID-19 restrictions said schools are to be reopened solely for final year students.