2025 WASCCE Begins, Ghana Education Service Sends Examination Malpractice Warning
- The 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates has begun
- The Ghana Education Service has warned against exam cheating on the part of teachers who will serve as invigilators and supervisors
- The examination will be conducted in about 701 examination centres nationwide, with 461,640 candidates expected to take part
The 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE) will begin on August 5 with practical tests.
The written papers will begin on August 20 and end on September 19.
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The candidates will be sitting for 65 subjects in all, and each of them will be taking an average of eight subjects.
A total of 461,640 candidates are taking the 2025 WASSCE, comprising 207,381 male candidates and 254,259 female candidates.
The examination will be conducted in about 701 examination centres across the country.
The service has also shared the timetable for the WASSCE online.
The WASSCE follows the Basic Education Certificate Examination, which was held in June.
Over 600,000 Ghanaian basic school pupils are taking the exam. Following the WASSCE, the first term of the next basic education academic year would begin on September 2, 2025, and end on December 18, 2025. The vacation will run until January 7, 2026.
The second term is set to commence on January 8, 2026 and conclude on April 1, 2026, with a vacation period from April 2 to April 20, 2026.
The third term will then begin on April 21, 2026 and end on July 23, 2026, followed by the academic year’s final vacation.
Warning from GES to teachers
The Ghana Education Service also warned that any supervisor or invigilator caught engaging in examination malpractice will be dismissed.
The acting director general of the service, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, told the press that the Ghana Education Service's council has been empowered in this regard.
He thus advised supervisors and invigilators to comport themselves and refrain from acts that could bring the examination into disrepute.
"We know the effect of examination malpractice on the integrity of the certificates and the education system as a whole, so they shouldn't do it."
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GES releases funds for 2025 WASSCE practicals
In July, the Ghana Education Service released funds to all Senior High and Technical Schools across the country to cover the fees for the practical examinations.
In a statement released on Sunday, July 28, 2025, the service said the release of the funds would ensure all practical examinations scheduled for the 2025 WASSCE are fully supported, including the provision of required materials and other essential services.
The service also called on regional, district, and school-level authorities to utilise the funds appropriately, ensuring they are spent for their intended purposes.
GES restores Parent-Teacher Associations
YEN.com.gh reported that the service reinstated the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) in all Senior High Schools (SHS), Technical Schools, and STEM schools across the country.
The initiative aimed to enhance the quality of education and support student development through collaboration between parents, teachers, and students. GES indicated it would provide further guidelines for the effective implementation of PTAs to ensure transparency, efficiency, and accountability nationwide.
Proofreading by Omoleye Omoruyi, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
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