GES Affirms Credibility of 2025 WASSCE Results
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rejected claims about the 2025 WASSCE results. They say the results show students' true academic performance. The clarification comes amid public debate over the significant decline in performance and widespread examination malpractices recorded this year.
According to the GES, the results reflect a strict and credible examination process, with 6,295 candidates having their papers cancelled for bringing prohibited materials—including prepared notes, textbooks, and printed sheets—into examination centres.
Additionally, 1,066 candidates remain under investigation; this includes 908 students with withheld subject results and 158 whose entire results have been withheld for alleged misconduct.
The Service issued a statement on Monday, 1 December 2025, responding to comments attributed to former Education Minister Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, who reportedly blamed the poor performance on what he described as weak management practices at the GES.
The Service rejected the remarks, urging the public to disregard “attempts to shift focus from his shortcomings” in managing the examination system during his tenure.
GES also dismissed rumours suggesting that teachers’ allowances had been cancelled. It clarified that the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department had already explained the reasons behind the delayed payment of November allowances, emphasising that no such cancellation had occurred.
The Service highlighted that the 2025 WASSCE was conducted under tightened protocols, including enhanced supervision and vigorous invigilation. These measures led to the arrest and sanctioning of students and staff found complicit in exam malpractice. According to GES, these steps were crucial in restoring integrity to the examination process and ensuring the results genuinely reflect students’ true abilities.
Ahead of the examinations, the Ministry of Education and GES had issued a strong nationwide warning that any teacher or official involved in aiding malpractices would face strict sanctions—a directive the Service says was fully enforced.
Looking ahead, the GES reminded the public that Ghana will fully transition to the international WASSCE, written simultaneously by all West African member countries, beginning May/June 2026. Students have been encouraged to prepare adequately as the Service maintains that it “will not compromise the integrity of examinations.”
GES reaffirmed its commitment to collaborating with teachers, parents, local communities, civil society organisations, and WAEC to strengthen teaching, learning, and examination credibility across the country.
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