The West African Examinations Council
P. O. BOX 917, ACCRA, GHANA
EXAMINATION LOOP, RIDGE
TEL: 0302-208201 – 9
Email: info@waecgh.org
Our Ref: WAEC/PRO. PRESS/VOL. 4/27
Date: November 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
RELEASE OF PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR THE WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE) FOR SCHOOL CANDIDATES, 2025
The West African Examinations Council wishes to inform its numerous stakeholders that it has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2025 (Ghana Only Version). 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 Council would like to caution all its stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters who promise to upgrade results for a fee. Candidates are to note that WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated using its results verification system.
PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
A total number of 461,736 candidates, made up of 207,415 males and 254,321 females from 1,021 schools, registered for the examination. This figure is a 0.24% increase over the 2024 entry figure of 460,611. A total number of 5,821 candidates, representing 1.26% were absent from the examination.
The performance of candidates with respect to the four Core Subjects is shown in the tables below.
TABLE 1: PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES IN THE PUBLISHED RESULTS OF THE CORE SUBJECTS – WASSCE (SC) 2025
| SUBJECT | NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CANDIDATES OBTAINING | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRADE A1 – C6 | GRADE D7 | GRADE E8 | GRADE F9 | |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 289,673 (69.00%) | 37,712 (8.18%) | 39,091 (9.23%) | 54,294 (12.86%) |
| MATHEMATICS (CORE) | 209,068 (48.73%) | 52,991 (11.62%) | 52,145 (12.15%) | 114,872 (26.77%) |
| INTEGRATED SCIENCE | 220,806 (57.74%) | 54,580 (11.85%) | 45,783 (11.97%) | 61,243 (16.05%) |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | 248,538 (55.82%) | 33,670 (7.38%) | 40,608 (9.12%) | 122,449 (27.50%) |
TABLE 2: FOUR-YEAR PERFORMANCE STATISTICS IN THE CORE SUBJECTS FOR WASSCE (SC) 2022 – 2025
| SUBJECT | GRADES A1 – C6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 60.39% | 73.11% | 69.52% | 69.00% |
| MATHEMATICS (CORE) | 61.39% | 62.23% | 68.66% | 48.73% |
| INTEGRATED SCIENCE | 62.45% | 66.82% | 58.77% | 57.74% |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | 71.51% | 76.76% | 71.53% | 55.82% |
Table 2 shows fluctuating trends in performance of candidates in all the core subjects over the four-year period.
EXAMINATION IRREGULARITIES
Following completion of investigations into some of the cases of irregularity reported during the conduct of the examination, the Ghana Examinations Committee, at its 40th meeting held on Wednesday, November 17, 2025, approved as follows:
- Cancellation of Subject Results of 6,295 candidates for bringing foreign material like prepared notes, text books, and printed material into the examination halls;
- Cancellation of Entire Results of 653 candidates for possession of mobile phones in the examination halls;
- Withholding of Subject Results of 908 and the Entire Results of 158 candidates for various suspected offences.
Yet still, some subject results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld for alleged collusion. These cases are still under investigation. We are working around the clock to ensure that the withheld results of these candidates are published before the end of December, 2025 depending on the outcome of investigations.
In addition, a total of 35 persons, 19 of whom are teachers were found to have engaged in acts that compromised the integrity of the examination. So far 19 of them have been arraigned before court and have been convicted to fines or terms of imprisonment. The remaining 16 are yet to be presented before the courts by the police. Beyond what the courts may decide, the list of teachers will be presented to the Director General of the Ghana Education Service for further disciplinary action.
CONCLUSION
The Council expresses its sincerest gratitude to stakeholders especially the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, the Security Agencies, Heads of School, Supervisors, Invigilators, Examiners and all who in diverse ways supported it in the successful conduct of the examination and release of results.
John K. Kapi
Head, Public Affairs
for Head of National Office
