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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of the 2021 WASSCE.
The Council in press statement issued today by the Head of Public Affairs, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, indicated that there has been a decline in the performance of candidates in Mathematics and English Language in this year’s examination as compared to that of last year.
The drop was from 65.71% to 54.11%.
JoyNews’ Evans Mensah on PM Express tonight held a conversation on the topic ‘the Free SHS verdict: What the latest WASSCE results tell us?’
The guests for the show were; President of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Cabornu, Spokesperson of Ministry of Education, Kwesi Kwarteng and Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare.
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