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University Education: Ghana’s tertiary institutions enroll over 300,000 students in undergraduate, graduate, certificate and diploma programs in a full range of academic and professional fields. All results from all WAEC exams dating back to 1993 can be verified through WAECDirect. This is the fastest and most reliable way of verifying a student’s results from Ghana. You are strongly encouraged to verify these documents at source, through the West African Examinations Council’s online system at The student provides you with a PIN number that they purchase for the equivalent of $3 (available at post offices or WAEC regional offices), that is used to retrieve a printable copy of their WAEC results. Colleges should require a photocopy of the WASSCE Statement of Results bearing an original signature and stamp from the headmaster or headmistress, as well as the transcript. ![]() Students are expected to retake exams in subjects they have failed. universities should not admit Ghanaian students who have not attained at least this level. The minimum university standard for admission to post-secondary education is a ‘C-’ average on the SSSCE or WASSCE, with credits (A-D or A1-C6) in all subjects. Pass Grades: not acceptable for tertiary admission Grading is exceptionally tough: 4% of grades are A’s, and while 80% of grades are passes, only 53% of grades are credit passes of A1-C6. These exams are given nationwide in April-June each year, but the results are not available until the following August. The grading system is tough: 80-100% is usually an A, a grade rarely awarded.Īt the end of Senior Secondary/High School (twelfth/thirteenth grade), all students take the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, or WASSCE, (SSCE through 2005 WASSCE beginning in 2006) in each of their seven or eight subjects. Students’ Term Reports (report cards) contain rank in class for each subject as well as grades for classwork and end of term exams. The secondary school transcript should contain a letter or percentage grade for each subject, for each of three terms, for the three (four) years of senior secondary school, equivalent to the tenth through twelfth (thirteenth) grades. Each student also takes three or four Elective subjects, chosen from one of seven groups: Sciences, “Arts” (social sciences and humanities), Vocational (visual arts or home economics), Technical, Business, or Agriculture. ![]() In the public national schools, all students take a Core curriculum consisting of English Language, Integrated Science, Mathematics, and Social Studies. ![]() The Senior High School was introduced in 2007, expanding the system to four years but not otherwise changing the curriculum, a policy that was reversed after three years, as a result of which there were no graduates in 2010, and two cohorts graduating in 2013. The vast majority of Ghanaian students attend public boarding schools, many of which are highly competitive there are only half a dozen international private secondary schools in the country, collectively graduating about 300 students a year and offering the IB or A-level curricula. Admission to Senior Secondary/High School is competitive: only 150,000 students can be admitted into the 500 public and 200 private national secondary schools. Senior Secondary School/Senior High School: 375,000 Ghanaian students take the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the end of JHS Form 3 (ninth grade) in seven subjects. All textbooks and materials are otherwise in English. Students continue to study a Ghanaian language as well as French as classroom subjects through at least the ninth grade. Students may study in any of eleven local languages for much of the first three years, after which English becomes the medium. Language: The sole official language of instruction throughout the Ghanaian educational system is English.
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