WAEC to Appeal Court ruling on withheld WASSCE results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced plans to appeal a stay of execution on a court ruling that directed the release of withheld West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.

An Accra High Court had previously dismissed WAEC’s application in a case brought forward by four students representing all affected candidates whose results were withheld due to alleged exam irregularities and malpractices.

Speaking to Citi News, WAEC’s Head of Legal Affairs, Rev. Victor Brew, reassured that most of the withheld results would still be released on February 28, except for those involved in the legal proceedings.

“We are going to repeat the stay of execution application at the Court of Appeal in line with what is established procedure in court matters,” he stated.

Clarifying the situation, he added:

“As for 28th [February], it is for the generality of all outstanding results. Just to clarify, these are only a portion of all the withheld results. So even though 10,000 candidates took us to court, we are still working. February 28 is a date to finalize all results.

“Those who are exonerated will have their results uncanceled, while those found culpable will have theirs canceled. Perhaps the only group whose results may not be released will be the students who took us to court, as we have to respect the court process.”

He further emphasized that the results set to be released on February 28 will still include candidates who did not appear before WAEC for questioning over their withheld results.

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