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Press Release
Danquah Institute
August 30, 2014
West African
Examinations Council Results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
announced on Tuesday that it has released the
provisional results of the West African Senior
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for May and
June 2006.
A statement signed in Accra by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe,
Senior Public Relations Officer, said the results
had been dispatched to schools and advised
candidates to contact their various schools for
their results. Candidates can also access the
results online.
It said out of a total of 121,175 candidates from
534 schools, 34,516 (28%) passed in eight subjects;
24,391 (20%) passed in seven subjects15,702 (13%)
passed in six subjects; 11,794 (10%) passed in five
subjects; 8,444 (7%) passed in four subjects; 6,169
(5%) passed in three subjects; 4,425 (4%) passed in
two subjects and 3,182 (3%) passed in one subjects
A total of 1,691 (one per cent) failed in all
subjects while 561 candidates were absent.
It said several cases of examination malpractices
were recorded during the conduct of the May and June
2006 WASSCE as a result of poor supervision and
invigilation.
It said that 5,394 candidates had their subject
results cancelled, while 19 candidates had their
entire results cancelled.
It said two candidates who had their results
cancelled had been barred from taking any
examination conducted by the Council for two years.
The statement said 24 schools had been de-recognized
for two years for poor supervision and invigilation.
The statement said the entire results of 10,278
candidates had been withheld pending the conclusion
of investigations into various irregularities.
Danquah Institute
August 30, 2014 |
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28% Pass In 2014
WASSCE One Of The Best—Ablakwa
ModernGhana, Aug 30, Ghanadot - A Deputy Minister
for Education in-charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa has described the 28.11 percent pass rate in the
West African Senior School Certificate Examination
WASSCE as one of the best performances by Ghanaian
candidates in the last decade
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No English in basic schools -
Minister tells teachers to use local language
ModernGhana, Aug 30, Ghanadot - Education
Minister, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has asked
heads and teachers of basic schools to desist from the
use of the English language as the sole medium of
instruction in the classrooms...Heads of basic schools,
she noted, introduced English Language too early, making
it difficult to prepare students adequately for higher
academic learning......More |
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Ebola: Separating 5 Facts From
The Myths
EmpowHER, Aug 29, Ghanadot - It is important that
the facts about Ebola are separated from the myths in
order to be better educated. As Dr. Fukuda, WHO
assistant director-general for health security has
stated, “It is not mysterious. It can be stopped.”. More
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Ferguson? Return to the Bill
Cosby Pound Cake Speech
Commentary, Aug 29, Ghanadot - I’m talking about
these people who cry when their son is standing there in
an orange suit. Where were you when he was two?
(clapping) Where were you when he was twelve? (clapping)
Where were you when he was eighteen, and how come you
don’t know he had a pistol? (clapping) And where is his
father, and why don’t you know where he is? And why
doesn’t the father show up to talk to this boy?....More |
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