The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has assured the public that the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released within the coming week.
Dr. Adutwum, who was speaking to reporters following a working visit to West African Examinations Council (WAEC), said the examination institution was working during the festivities to get the results out by December 29, 2024.
His comments on the matter come after WAEC announced that it was unable to process this year’s WASSCE results owing to funding constraints and logistical challenges.
The government owes the examination body over GHC100 million in debts, which has hampered its capacity to release the results of about 460,000 students nationwide.
Dr. Adutwum revealed that half of the results had been scanned with the remaining half set to dealt with in no time.
“I came to apprise myself of developments in terms of the fact that they are working now through the holidays to get the results out on or before 29th of this month so I came and I saw the workers, scanning is being done, close to 50% is done. They assure me that by the end of the day, 50% of scanning will be completed on or about 29th of this month the results will come out,” the Education Minister said.
In the engagement with the media, the minister was confident that the several millions of debts owed WAEC will not affect the release by the end of the month.
Asked whether the government will make additional payments to WAEC, the minster shot back,”Excuse me, you don’t have the facts.”
He made clear that his visit to the premises was not to address the debt situation but rather to pay a routine visit to the examination body as he usually does.
