The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has raised concerns over alleged discrepancies in the provisional results of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
In a press release issued on Wednesday, August 5, the Association’s General Secretary, Kennedy Donkor, called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to urgently audit and reconcile the affected results.
GNAPS said it has received several reports from member schools across the country pointing to inconsistencies in the results released to candidates.
According to the Association, the concerns include grades being awarded for subjects candidates did not register for or write, results that do not reflect students’ known academic performance, and unexplained failures.
One example cited by GNAPS involved a candidate who registered for and sat the Ghanaian Language paper in Twi but did not register for or write Ewe.
According to the Association, the candidate was nonetheless awarded a grade in Ewe despite not taking the subject.
GNAPS said such cases were not isolated, noting that similar reports had emerged from schools in different regions.
The Association said it supports WAEC’s efforts to sanction genuine examination malpractice but stressed that its concerns relate to possible errors in the processing and attribution of results.
“These are errors of collation and attribution, administrative and technical failures in the processing of results that, if they are not corrected, will deny hardworking and deserving children the results they earned,” the Association stated.
It has therefore called on WAEC to conduct an urgent audit and reconciliation of the affected results to identify and correct all discrepancies.
The Association also urged WAEC to ensure that every candidate receives results that accurately reflect the papers they sat and the work they produced.
GNAPS further appealed to the examination body to award results strictly on merit, without bias based on whether a candidate attended a public or private school.
The Association also expressed concern over what it described as an unusually high rate of failures among private school candidates.
It said that in many cases, the results differed sharply from students’ continuous assessment scores, terminal examination results, and mock examination performances.
GNAPS argued that such disparities warrant further investigation and cannot simply be attributed to candidates’ performance.
“These discrepancies have come at a critical moment,” the Association said, noting that candidates are currently using the released grades to make their senior high school selections.
It warned that inaccurate grades could affect students’ choices and future academic progress, as the placement process largely depends on the grades awarded.
GNAPS said it is currently gathering and documenting complaints from member schools across the country.
The Association added that if WAEC fails to address the concerns and correct the affected results, its leadership will meet to determine the next course of collective action.
WAEC recently released the provisional results of the 2026 BECE, with thousands of candidates expected to use their grades for placement into senior high schools and technical institutions.
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