The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is inviting 2026 BECE candidates to come forward with concerns or queries about their results.
Director of Public Affairs, John Kapi, has emphasised that every candidate has the right to challenge their results if they are unsatisfied.
Responding to allegations by the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) which has called for an audit of this year’s BECE as a result of some discrepancies, Mr. Kapi indicated that it is within the rights of candidates to contest their examination results if they feel so strong about it.
“Everybody who writes examinations has the right to appeal if they are not satisfied with their grades, if they feel that something untoward has happened,” he said on Ghana Tonight on TV3 Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
He explained that WAEC conducts the BECE solely for Ghana’s basic school candidates on behalf of the Government, urging candidates with issues to reach out to WAEC or other relevant bodies to get their problems resolved.
“Again, we need to recognise the fact that the BECE is a purely Ghanaian examination, conducted by WAEC, for and on behalf of the Government of Ghana. So if anybody wishes to go to the GES, the Minister, it is their right to do so,” he stated, adding that WAEC’s doors are also opened.
“Or even if you wish to come to us, we are ready to listen to them, ready to engage them, ready to tell them exactly what has happened regarding the scripts of their candidates,” he stated.
His comments follow claims by the Ghana National Association of Private Schools that it had received reports from member schools across the country alleging inconsistencies in this year’s results, including grades that do not reflect candidates’ academic performance and subjects that candidates allegedly did not register for.
The Association has called on WAEC to investigate the concerns and reconcile any affected results.
Responding to the concerns, Mr Kapi maintained that the integrity of the marking process remains intact because examiners work solely with coded scripts rather than school identities.
He reiterated that the Council applies the same assessment standards to every candidate.
Meanwhile, WAEC has rejected claims that their marking scheme favours Government schools, stressing that examiners have no knowledge of which school’s scripts they mark, making such allegations unfounded.
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