2025 WASSCE RESULTS CALLS FOR COLLABORATION AMONG GOVERNMENT AND STAKEHOLDERS,GRI
The Ghana Reads Initiative, a non-profit organisation, is calling on the government to have a broader stakeholder engagement in the education sector.
To the group 2025, WASSCE results represent a national learning alarm rather than a verdict on learner intelligence.
They are of the view that there must be a deliberate attempt to mobilise Parent-Teacher Associations and communities as learning partners, not conduits for malpractice,rather to promote discipline, attendance, and learner preparedness.
In a press statement signed by the board director, the group demanded a mediate enforcement ban on mobile phone usage in schools, including recalling unsecured learning tablets until effective content filters are installed.
They also call on the Presidency, Ministry of Education, and relevant agencies to institutionalise a Post-WASSCE Diagnostic Review, led by WAEC, NaCCA, and GES, to
generate subject-level insights and guide national remediation strategies.
The further explained that although the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) generates detailed assessment data, systematic postexamination diagnostics, subject-level analysis, and targeted remediation based on
evidence through the Chief Examiners’ Reports, interventions and recommendations remain insufficiently institutionalised.
They added that examination malpractices at various levels, including
organised/institutionalized cheating and collusion between schools, parents, and candidates, persist and threaten the credibility of assessment outcomes and public confidence in the education system.
“Teacher Motivation and Instructional Quality Constraints: Delayed payment of interventionrelated allowances, limited access to Continuous Professional Development, reliance on
underqualified or temporary teachers, and weak pedagogical practices continue to affect instructional quality, particularly in low-performing schools and schools in deprived, ruraland peri-urban Ghana. “
