The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has asked the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) to release the withheld results of some 2024 WASSCE candidates within one week. NUGS has threatened to embark on nationwide protests against the exam body if it fails to comply.
NUGS President Daniel Korley Botchway sounded the caution at a press briefing on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. WAEC filed a stay of execution at the High Court on Thursday, January 30, against a court order directing the release of the withheld results.
“They should release it within a week, failing which, we are going to commence a series of protests occupying their offices nationwide. And we’ll make sure that we are going to make it uncomfortable for them. “If they cannot do the work, they should inform the government of Ghana, for the government of Ghana to employ a new examination body,” he stated.
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Aside from the protest, NUGS has vowed to take legal action against WAEC despite an ongoing case at the Accra High Court. WAEC has withheld over 10,500 results of candidates who sat for the 2024 WASSCE due to suspected malpractice.
Amidst widespread controversy and anxiety among parents and their wards, private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu filed a motion for Mandamus on behalf of the affected candidates. The High Court in Accra on Friday, January 30, 2025, ordered WAEC to immediately release the withheld results of over 10,500 WASSCE candidates.
The court ruled that WAEC’s decision to withhold the results without providing exact reasons was unjustified, as the reasons given varied ambiguously between “alleged examination malpractice” and “alleged irregularities.” Justice Ali Baba Abature, who presided over the case, emphasized that WAEC had invigilators who reported no malpractices or irregularities during the examination.
Last Updated on February 5, 2025 by Samuel Kwame Boadu
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