The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Dr Eric Nkansah, has expressed hope that the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released by the end of the year.

In an interview with JoyNews, Dr Nkansah confirmed that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) had already been in contact with the Ministry of Education regarding the results.

However, he noted that while WAEC often sets targets for itself, unforeseen circumstances sometimes prevent them from meeting those deadlines.

"We are sure the results will be released possibly before the year ends," he stated.

On the same issue, the Director of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi, explained that a significant debt of GH₵118 million is still owed by the government, and no payments have been made to date.

He added that this outstanding debt is largely to blame for the delay in the release of the results.

Mr Kapi said, "We intended by now to be processing the results, because, as we mentioned earlier, the marking of the scripts for both the theory and practical aspects is complete."

He further clarified that the only remaining component is the objective section, which requires the use of specialized machines.

"We thought that by the 19th of this month, all things being equal, we could release the results before the office closes for the Christmas break," he explained.

WAEC faced similar challenges before the organization of the exams until the government paid a part of its debt.