"Why Do Some People Always Believe It’s Impossible For Ghanaian Students To Excel?"

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has wondered why some people always believe that it is impossible for Ghanaian students to be the best in relation to the 2023 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).

He believes that for political reasons some have decided to question the integrity of their results

“Our SHS students go from Keta SHS to Harvard University and excel. Our girls at Mamfe Senior High go for a world competition in robotics and win against teams from the USA, Germany and South Korea. Our boys from Prempeh College have won robotics world competitions against global competitors many times.

“Yet when these same students excel at WASSCE some people for political reasons even question the integrity of their results!

“Why do some always believe that it is impossible for our students or our people to be the best? It is possible! Congratulations to WASSCE students for their excellent performance in the examination,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

WASSCE results: Why do some always believe it’s impossible for Ghanaian students to be the best – Bawumia tells critics

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) released the results on Monday, December 18.

“The Council will make available login details to heads of school to enable them to access the results of their candidates. The results have been hosted online and candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website www.waecgh.org,” the release stated.

The Council cautioned “all its stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters who promise to upgrade results for a fee.”

It added that “Candidates are to note that WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated using its results verification system. The WAEC QR code can be downloaded and used to verify results. A total number of 448,674 candidates made up of 212,453 males and 236,221 females from 975 schools entered for the examination. This figure is 5.8% higher than the 2022 entry figure of 422,883. A total number of 3,404 (0.75%) were absent from the examination,” a part of the release read.