In a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs at the National Office, Agnes Teye Cudjoe, WAEC said “the subject results for 173 candidates have also been cancelled for bringing foreign materials to the exam hall.”

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Below is the full statement:

Source: Adomonline.com

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has complained bitterly about the decision by the Akufo-Addo administration to cancel the Republic Day as a public holiday.

According to Koku Anyidoho, any attempt to revise the history of Ghana will never help the country but would stall progress, a situation he believes does not augur well.

“Some of these things really don’t help the development of our country. This decision is just like changing someone’s birthday and if someone does that it means the person is just toying with your identity,” he said.

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He said “so if 1^st July had stayed as a holiday, what would it have spoilt? What development has it brought so far, what job has it created?

“Mind you that all these things have been documented in history books. Are you going to change this history? This revisionist agenda won’t help anybody,” he noted.

Mr Anyidoho was speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen show, Monday.

The July 1 holiday was scrapped by the Akufo-Addo-led administration.

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It is now a commemorative day.

Republic Day signifies the attainment of Ghana’s Republican status.

This year marks the 59th-anniversary of the attainment of Ghana’s Republican status.

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In a message to commemorate the day, former President John Dramani Mahama said President Nana Akufo-Addo is attempting to rewrite Ghana’s history.

Bemoaning the cancellation of Republic Day, Mr Anyidoho urged the government to channel its energy on making Ghana a better place to live in.

Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy

That is according to the examination body -West African Examinations Council (WAEC)

WAEC said the results were cancelled because the candidates brought mobile phones into examination halls and received external assistance.

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The results of over 2,061 candidates who sat for the exams have also been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractices detected during and after the conduct of the examination.

Meanwhile, specific subject results of 134 candidates have also been cancelled for bringing foreign materials into the examination hall.

The West African Examinations Council, (WAEC), on Friday released the provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE).

In a statement signed by Agnes Teye Cudjoe, Deputy Director, Public Affairs at WAEC, the council said it is in the process of dispatching the results to the schools through the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of Education.

The withheld results will either be released or cancelled as soon as the Council concludes its investigations.

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WAEC further mentioned that, the results have been hosted online and “candidates who so desire may access their results at the Council’s website”.

Results statistics

A total of 509,827 candidates sat for the examinations.

This was made up of 263,291 males and 246,536 females.

The figure is 8.92% higher that of 2017.

The candidates were from a total of 16,060 schools.

The examination was administered at 1, 772 centres.

WAEC releases 2018 private BECE results

In June 2018, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), released the provisional results of private candidates who sat for the 2018 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

The Deputy Director of Public Affairs of the WAEC, Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, in a release, said the results were on the council’s website and accessible to candidates.

The results of seven candidates were withheld over allegations of examination malpractice.

WAEC said the held-up results would be released as soon as investigations were completed, and there was no strong evidence to prove malpractice.