29 h. 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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36 h. 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 d. 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 d. 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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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Weakening parental supervision partly driving WASSCE performance decline — Nana Yaa Jantuah warns

Presidential Staffer Nana Yaa Jantuah has expressed deep concern over the declining performance of students in the 2025 WASSCE, stressing that weak parental supervision is a major contributor to the trend.

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6 d. ago 2025 WASSCE Results: Stricter invigilation prevented cheating that could have inflated scores — Prof Stephen Adei

Educationist Prof Stephen Adei says the decline in the 2025 WASSCE results may be due to far tighter exam supervision, which he believes has exposed long-standing weaknesses in Ghana’s education system.

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8 d. ago Core Maths performance plummets by 18% as WAEC releases 2025 provisional WASSCE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Saturday, November 29, 2025, released the provisional results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, triggering alarm with a catastrophic decline in performance across key core subjects, particularly Mathematics.

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2 w. ago Parliamentary Kenkey Debate: Data Shows Most Ghanaians Pay GH₵5

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/parliamentary-kenkey-debate-data-shows-most-ghanaians-pay-gh%e2%82%b55/Ghana’s beloved staple food kenkey sparked fierce debate in parliament last week during deliberations on the 2026 Budget Statement, with lawmakers disagreeing sharply over the actual street price of the fermented corn dish. The dispute has spilled beyond the parliamentary chamber into public discourse, revealing deep divisions about economic realities facing ordinary Ghanaians. Kwabena Okyere […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/parliamentary-kenkey-debate-data-shows-most-ghanaians-pay-gh%e2%82%b55/

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