The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened a short notice registration for WASSCE for Private Candidates, from 17th to 31st July 2018 for the benefit of candidates
Mr Jonas Agyai-Odame, the Controller for Private Candidate Examination, told the Ghana News Agency that the registration was meant for students, who might have failed one or two subjects in the just-released WASSCE results to the benefit of those, who could not register during the regular period.
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He said Candidates registering would be allocated examination Centres in their regional capitals only and fees payable by the Candidates are as follows; six or more subjects GH¢564.00, five subjects GH¢536.00 and four subjects GH¢508.00,
Others are; three subjects GH¢474.00, two subjects GH¢454.00, one subject GH¢434.00, Project/Practical GH¢76.00 and Oral (French/English) GH¢54.00.
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The 2018 results released by WAEC showed that candidates, who obtained grades A1 to C6 in the three core subjects (Core Mathematics, English Language and Integrated Science) were; Core Mathematics – 120,519, representing 38.33 percent; English Language – 147,232, representing 46.79 percent; and Integrated Science – 158,691, a score of 50.52 percent.
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The number of candidates, who failed to obtain grades A1 to C6 in the three core subjects were; Integrated Science – 155,436, representing 49.48 percent; Mathematics – 193,882, which represented 61.67 percent; and English Language – 167,404, which also represented 53.21 percent.