{"id":90538,"date":"2025-08-20T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90538"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:39:12","slug":"2025-wassce-begins-today-with-over-461000-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90538","title":{"rendered":"2025 WASSCE begins today with over 461,000 candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) officially started today, Wednesday, August 20, with 461,640 candidates across the country sitting for the Oral English paper.<\/p>\n

The candidates comprise 207,381 males and 254,259 females, reflecting a slight increase of 1,029 candidates compared to the 460,611 who sat for the examination last year.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s exams follow a phased schedule, with the practical papers starting earlier on August 4. The main written papers, however, commenced today.<\/p>\n

It also marks the fourth year that Ghanaian students are writing the \u201cGhana Only\u201d version of WASSCE, introduced to give the country full control over the examination calendar.<\/p>\n

In previous years, candidates from other West African countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia sat the exams together with Ghana. However, following disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana adopted a \u201cGhana Only\u201d timetable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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