Numerous WASSCE candidates have been facing the issue of their WAEC results being withheld – after there is release of their final exams online.
Whenever the West African Examination Council releases the provisional results of school candidates who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), students with issues before writing their exam used to face the problem with their results being held.
In 2020 particularly, over 480 candidates who sat for the exam were found bringing mobile phone devices into the examination hall and this got their results cancelled by WAEC.
Another, the results of an entire 384 students got their WASSCE results withheld with investigations into their cases during and after examination.
In today’s useful article, I would like to show you what to do if your WASSCE results have been withheld by WAEC in Ghana.
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Reasons Why WAEC Withhold Your Results
- There can be numerous reasons why your WASSCE results have been withheld and one of such reasons is suspect in examination malpractice.
- Some of the offence of these candidates, according to WAEC includes;
- Bringing any foreign material such as prepared notes, printed material and mobile phones to the WAEC examination hall.
- Collusion among candidates
- Planned cheating that occurred with the connivance of some supervisors and school authorities.
Based on the outcome of the investigations conducted earlier on a student’s examination malpractice, a result can be cancelled or released on the WEAC results portal.
What To Do If Your WASSCE Results Have Been Withheld
There is no student who will be feeling comfortable for seeing his or her result withheld. There can be students who also don’t engage in an examination malpractice but can see their results withheld by WAEC.
Supposing you applied for any University as awaiting students with your incoming results, you may not gain admission for that year – since your results might not be in.
When it happens that your WASSCE results have been withheld, what you should do is not to fret but be calm and trust that WAEC is putting things in place to conclude on their investigation for your results to be released.
Contact WAEC Ghana and make the necessary enquiries on why your results are being withheld.
The best recommended way to follow when your WASSCE results have withheld is to contact the administration of your school first, seek for the reason or if there is any suggestion to follow. Hence, proceed to verify from Ghana WAEC office is your school’s administration could not give you any vital information. This can help you deal with the issue at a faster rate to get your West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination slip released for you quickly.
Depending on the region you are located, you can contact WAEC Ghana at the regional capital or any WEAC office nearby to make enquiries about why your WASSCE results has been withheld.
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