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A total of 461,640 final-year senior high school (SHS) students across the country will take part in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates (SCs).
They comprise 207,381 males and 254,259 females. This year’s total number represents a 1,029 increase over last year’s figure of 460,611.
The exam begins today, with the project work in Basketry, Ceramics, Graphic Design, Jewellery and Leatherworks, among others, scheduled between today and Friday, August 22, 2025.
The 2025 WASSCE SCs will be the fourth batch of final-year candidates to take the Ghana Only Version of the WASSCE after the other four-member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC): Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia returned to the May/June calendar for WASSCE school candidates.
The “new normal” calendar for Ghana was occasioned by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In all, candidates from 701 SHSs will be participating in the examination at 701 centres.
