46 h. ago Livestream: Newsfile discusses Constitution review report and AG’s ORAL drive

This weekend’s edition of Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini and his panellists discusses the Constitution Review Committee’s final report and the latest updates on the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), including high-profile cases.

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46 h. ago Playback: Newsfile discussed Constitution review report and AG’s ORAL drive

This weekend’s edition of Newsfile, host Samson Lardy Anyenini and his panellists discusses the Constitution Review Committee’s final report and the latest updates on the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL), including high-profile cases.

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4 d. ago Sonrise Christian High School records 92% tertiary qualification rate in 2025 WASSCE, far above national average of 60.35%

Sonrise Christian High School has once again distinguished itself in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by recording an impressive 92 per cent tertiary qualification rate, significantly outperforming the national average of 60.35 per cent, according to provisional data released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The analysis is made with […]

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6 d. ago 2025 WASSCE: Chief Examiners’ report reveals many candidates failed to answer application

The Chief Examiners’ report for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has revealed that a significant number of candidates struggled to answer application-based questions, contributing to the low grades recorded in the exams.

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2 w. ago Livestream: Newsfile discusses Kpandai rerun and OSP repeal bill

This Saturday on Newsfile, Ghana’s democratic architecture faces pressure from within and without: an election rerun that critics say undermines legal process; a constitutional watchdog office in the crosshairs of repeal efforts; and voices on all sides asking whether we are strengthening governance or weakening it.

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2 w. ago 2025 WASSCE Low Performance: The reality and expectations for academic achievement

The West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a critical assessment impacting students' future educational and career opportunities; however, recent reports indicate a concerning decline in performance among Ghanaian students. In the 2025 WASSCE, more than half of the candidates failed to secure the pass grades required for tertiary admission: only 48.73% of candidates achieved the minimum passes in Core Subjects. These results confirm one of the poorest national performances recorded recently.

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2 w. ago Ghana Education crisis deepens as WASSCE Results expose systemic gaps

The provisional 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), confront Ghana with a deepening crisis in secondary education. The catastrophic decline in core subjects, especially Core Mathematics and Social Studies, signals a failure to equip nearly half a million candidates with foundational knowledge. Only 48.73% of candidates achieved the minimum A1-C6 passes in Core Mathematics. These results confirm one of the poorest national performances recorded recently.

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3 w. ago WASSCE decline reveals deep gaps, there’s need to overhaul education system – Franklin Cudjoe

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, is urging a thorough reassessment of Ghana’s education framework in the wake of the significant slump in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, especially in Core Mathematics and Social Studies.

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3 w. ago Examination Cheating Involves Teachers and Headmasters Says Bentil

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/examination-cheating-involves-teachers-and-headmasters-says-bentil/Examination malpractice in Ghana has become a coordinated systemic problem involving school authorities including teachers, headmasters and invigilators, threatening the credibility of national examinations, according to IMANI Africa Vice President Kofi Bentil. His comments on Saturday come as education stakeholders grapple with explanations for the steep decline in 2025 WASSCE performance and growing concerns about […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/examination-cheating-involves-teachers-and-headmasters-says-bentil/

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3 w. ago This Saturday on Newsfile: Petitions against the OSP, EC heads, and 2025 WASSCE results

This Saturday on Newsfile, we step into a pivotal moment for Ghana’s democracy, education, and natural-resource governance. Three national flashpoints, all demanding clarity, accountability, and bold conversation.

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3 w. ago Livestream: Newsfile discusses petitions against the OSP, EC heads, and 2025 WASSCE results

This Saturday on Newsfile, we step into a pivotal moment for Ghana’s democracy, education, and natural-resource governance. Three national flashpoints, all demanding clarity, accountability, and bold conversation.

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3 w. ago Playback: Newsfile discussed petitions against the OSP, EC heads, and 2025 WASSCE results

This Saturday on Newsfile, we step into a pivotal moment for Ghana’s democracy, education, and natural-resource governance. Three national flashpoints, all demanding clarity, accountability, and bold conversation.

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3 w. ago Limit mobile phone use in schools to improve student performance — Educationist on 2025 WASSCE results

Dr Abena Nyarkoa, Founder of the Nkunim Education Project, has called for restricted or no access to mobile phones for students in senior high schools across Ghana.

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3 w. ago Mahama demands answers over WASSCE decline, orders urgent review of examiners’ report

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education to analyse the 2025 WASSCE examiners’ report to determine what went “disastrously wrong” after this year’s poor performance. Speaking at the National Launch of the STEMBox for Basic Schools, President Mahama attributed the decline in results to years of neglect […]

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3 w. ago Breaking: WASSCE 2025 Meltdown — Promiscuity, TikTok, and Poor Literacy Blamed for Mass Failures

Once upon a time in the Republic of Uncommon Sense, our WASSCE results glowed like a politician’s smile on a fresh campaign poster — polished, bright, and suspiciously perfect. For years, the grades rose like steam from hot tuo zaafi, rising even in schools where textbooks were rarer than affordable housing and laboratories were as mythical as dragons in Aburi Gardens.

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3 w. ago 2025 WASSCE: Invigilation induced fear – Minority says GES explanation raises bigger questions

The Minority in Parliament says the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) explanation for the sharp drop in the 2025 WASSCE results raises more troubling questions than answers.

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3 w. ago Embarrassing and troubling – Minority shreds GES over 2025 WASSCE defence

The Minority in Parliament has launched a blistering attack on the Ghana Education Service (GES) over its response to the sharp decline in the 2025 WASSCE results, describing the Service’s justification as “embarrassing and troubling.”

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3 w. ago ‘We built it, they broke it’ – Minority blasts NDC over declining WASSCE results

The Minority in Parliament has accused the NDC government of dragging Ghana’s education sector backwards, following what it describes as a shocking dip in the 2025 WASSCE results.

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3 w. ago 2025 WASSCE scores collapse — Minority warns of deepening crisis in education

The Minority in Parliament says the sharp fall in the 2025 WASSCE results points to a deepening crisis in Ghana’s education sector.

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3 w. ago Free SHS has nothing to do with poor WASSCE performance – Miracles Aboagye

An aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is calling for a more informed national discussion on the causes of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) performance.

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