WAEC Releases 2022 WASSCE Results: See How To Check

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the provisional results of candidates who took the 2022 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The 2022 edition of the WASSCE examinations started on Monday, August 1, and ended on Friday, 27th September 2022, which we announced over here.

2022 WASSCE Results Released: On Thursday, December 1, 2022, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) announced on its official website that it had released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2022 WASSCE exams.

NOTE: The released results are for Ghana Students only, some months earlier we made a publication about Nigeria’s released WASSCE Results, this was because Ghana’s date was pushed ahead of time due to a lot of factors.

In this very post, we will be sharing with you further details that were given out by WAEC in regard to the examination, as well as we will also be giving tips on How To Check Results. Just keep reading till the end.

According to WAEC, the results of 8,486 candidates who failed to return learning support materials provided to them and/or destroyed school property cannot be accessed online at the Council’s website due to a request from the Ghana Education Service (GES). Adding that Candidates who are affected should go to their schools to get their results.

Examination Performance Statistics

A total number of 422,883 candidates made up of 203,753 males and 219,130 females from 977 schools entered for the examination.

This figure is 5.25% lower than the 2021 entry figure of 446,352. A total number of 2,818 (0.67%) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination.

CANCELLED RESULTS

• The Subject Results of 3,845 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign material into the examination hall.
• The Entire Results of 518 candidates have been cancelled for sending mobile phones into the examination hall.

WITHHELD RESULTS

• The Entire Results of 117 candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into alleged cases of impersonation detected during the examination.
• The scripts of candidates from 179 schools in certain subjects are being scrutinised for reported cases of collusion.
• The withheld results of candidates may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations.

The Council wishes to express its most sincere gratitude to all stakeholders especially the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, Heads of School, Examination Officials, the Security Agencies, Corruption Watch, Africa Education Watch and Examiners, for their support and co-operation before, during and after the conduct of the examination.

How To Check 2022 Wassce Results

The Council has also hosted the results online and candidates who so desire, may access their results at the Council’s website or dial the short code *944#. or see the process below if you have bought your pin/voucher to check on WAEC’s website directly.

USING THE RESULT CHECKER VOUCHER

First of all, visit ghana.waecdirect.org/ and follow the steps below

1. Enter your Index Number.
2. Select the Type of Examination (e.g.  WASSCE).
   
3. Select your Examination Year eg. 2003.
4. Enter the Serial Number found on the Voucher.
5. Enter the 12-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) on your Voucher eg. 012345678912.
6. Confirm your Index Number and Examination Year. This is to ensure that your examination information is correct.
7. Click on Submit and wait for the display in the popup window. This may take several minutes.