FINAL REPORT ON 2023 WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE)-NORTHERN REGION
REPORT ON 2023 WASSCE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This year West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) started smoothly on Monday the 1st July, 2023 and ended on Tuesday the 26th September, 2023.
The Regional Directorate has made monitoring visits to all Senior High Schools in all the sixteen (16) districts covering Twenty Eight (28) Senior High Schools. All the Twenty Eight SHS final year students wrote the WASSCE. The examination was monitored by officers from GES Head Quarters, Regional and District Education Officers.
The Regional Director tasked all District, Municipal and Metropolitan Directors of Education to monitor the WASSCE in their jurisdictions and report to the Regional Directorate a week after the exams. This directive was strictly complied.
The Regional Director and her team jointly monitored the WASSCE with the Northern Regional Minister. They monitored Senior High Schools in Tamale Metropolis, Sagnarigu and Savelugu Municipalities.
The Regional Director constituted monitoring teams involving all teaching staff of the Directorate. The teams were tasked to monitor schools in Tolon and Kumbungu Districts, Sagnarigu and Savelugu Municipalities and Tamale Metropolis.
The Regional Directorate also received Officers from GES Head Quarters who were in the region to monitor the 2023 WASSCE. The Regional Director assigned a number of Regional Officers to support them in their monitoring. Below are the monitoring results.
2.0 DETAIL DATA ON BECE CANDIDATES
| EXPECTED CANDIDATES | NO. OF CANDIDATES PRESENT | NO. OF CANDIDATES ABSENT | ||||||||
| SCHOOL | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL | |
| ZABZUGU SHS | 369 | 226 | 595 | 367 | 225 | 592 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| TATALE AGRIC SHS | 95 | 70 | 165 | 95 | 70 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| BUSINESS SHS | 371 | 325 | 696 | 367 | 324 | 691 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| GHANA SHS | 336 | 213 | 549 | 335 | 212 | 547 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| TAMALE SHS | 698 | 604 | 1302 | 694 | 602 | 1296 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| TAMALE ISLAMIC SCIENCE SHS | 499 | 597 | 1096 | 494 | 596 | 1090 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| VITTING SHS | 234 | 166 | 400 | 233 | 166 | 399 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| NORTHERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 592 | 483 | 1075 | 585 | 480 | 1,065 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| TAMALE GIRLS SHS | 674 | 674 | 673 | 673 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ANBARIYA SHS | 248 | 364 | 612 | 246 | 359 | 605 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| SAVELUGU SHS | 550 | 315 | 865 | 544 | 314 | 858 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| PONG-TAMALE SHS | 348 | 230 | 578 | 344 | 229 | 573 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| KUMBUNGU SHS | 463 | 375 | 838 | 461 | 374 | 835 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| TOLON SHS | 330 | 206 | 536 | 329 | 205 | 534 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| SABOBA EP SHS | 118 | 104 | 222 | 117 | 104 | 221 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| BIMBILLA SHS | 275 | 174 | 449 | 272 | 174 | 446 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| WULENSI SHS | 228 | 98 | 326 | 228 | 94 | 322 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| KPANDAI SHS | 274 | 134 | 408 | 274 | 132 | 406 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| GUSHEGU SHS | 256 | 172 | 428 | 255 | 172 | 427 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| KARAGA SHS | 336 | 192 | 528 | 334 | 190 | 524 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| YENDI SHS | 665 | 560 | 1225 | 655 | 557 | 1212 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| DAGBON STATE SEC/TECH | 355 | 267 | 622 | 354 | 264 | 618 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| SUNG COMMUNITY DAY SHS | 141 | 71 | 212 | 138 | 70 | 208 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| WAPULI COMMUNITY SHS | 45 | 37 | 82 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| KASULYILI SHS | 203 | 127 | 330 | 203 | 126 | 329 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| KALPOHINI SHS | 468 | 368 | 836 | 456 | 366 | 822 | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| ST. CHARLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 207 | 207 | 207 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PRESBY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 222 | 215 | 437 | 221 | 214 | 435 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 8,926 | 7,367 | 16,293 | 8,852 | 7,329 | 16,181 | 74 | 38 | 112 | |
2.1 DETAIL DATA ON GIRLS
| SCHOOL | NO. OF PREGNANT
CAND. |
NO. OF PREG. CAND. WHO WROTE | NO. OF PREG. CAND. WHO DID NOT WRITE | NO. OF NURSING MOTHERS | NO. OF NURSING MOTHERS
WHO WROTE |
NO. OF NURSING MOTHERS WHO DID NOT WRITE |
| ZABZUGU SHS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TATALE AGRIC SHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUSINESS SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GHANA SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TAMALE SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TAMALE ISLAMIC SCIENCE SHS | 4 | 4 | 0 |
2 |
2 | 0 |
| VITTING SHS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NORTHERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | 3 | 3 | 0 |
1 |
1 | 0 |
| TAMALE GIRLS SHS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ANBARIYA SHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| SAVELUGU SHS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| PONG-TAMALE SHS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| KUMBUNGU SHS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| TOLON SHS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SABOBA EP SHS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| BIMBILLA SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| WULENSI SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KPADAI SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| GUSHEGU SHS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KARAGA SHS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| YENDI SHS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| DAGBON STATE SEC/TECH | 5 | 5 | 0 |
0 |
0 | 0 |
| SUNG COMMUNITY DAY SHS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
7 | 0 |
| WAPULI COMMUNITY SHS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 |
1 | 0 |
| KASULYILI SHS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| KALPOHINI SHS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| ST. CHARLES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PRESBY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 72 | 70 | 2 | 53 | 46 | 7 |
2.3 TABLE 4: STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN)
| S/N | CATEGORY | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL |
| 1 | Visual impairment | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | Hearing impairment | |||
| 3 | Speech impairment | |||
| 4 | Physical disability | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Others specify | |||
| TOTAL | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 6 |
4.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS FROM THE MONITORING TEAM
- Number of MMDED: 16
- Number of schools/centres: 28
- Number of Invigilators 1139
- Number of Asst. Supervisors/Supervisors 56
- Number of candidates registered: Boys: 8, 926 Girls: 7,367 Total: 16, 293
- Number of candidates present: Boys:8,852 Girls: 7,329 Total: 16,181
- Number of Candidates absent: Boys: 74 Girls: 38 Total: 112
- Students with Especial Educational Needs: Boys: 14 Girls: 10 Total: 24
- Number of candidates who got pregnant: – 72
- Number of candidates who wrote with pregnancy: – 70
- Number of pregnant candidates who did not write: – 2
- Number of nursing mothers: – 53
- Number of nursing mothers who wrote: – 46
- Number of nursing mothers who did not write – 7
4.0. LOGISTIC
The monitoring team observed that examination papers arrived on time except on few occasions where papers delayed in Kasulyili, Savelugu and Pong-Tamale due to transportation challenges. In all, the general examination atmosphere is very smooth.
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSION
- The exams unit should be supported with resources to conduct sensitization for candidates, teachers and parents to reduce exams malpractices
- Formation of Regional and District Exams Committees to handle exams related issues.
- Officers’ call for resources to monitor WASSCE and other related exams not limiting to only Core Subjects.
SAYIBU MAHAMOUD SULE
REGIONAL EXAMINATION COORDINATOR