By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu, GNA
Keta (VR), Dec 4, GNA – Some residents in the Keta municipality of the Volta Region have expressed divided opinions over the recent 2025 West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) provisional results.
According to a release by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Saturday, November 30, 2025, the results showed a worrying trend in the performance of candidates in social studies, mathematics, and integrated science.
Mr John Doe Dordo, a resident in Keta told the Ghana News Agency, in an interview that it was a sad situation to notice specifically that, one in every four candidates received an F9 in Social studies, which was the worst performance among the four core subjects in the WASSCE.
“Many of us here in Keta are worried about the implications of these results on the future of the students who performed poorly. We are still trying to identify what could be the main cause of this poor performance,” he said.
He explained that the poor performance in core subjects such as Social Studies, Mathematics, Integrated Science and English language had raised questions about the teaching methods, student preparedness, and overall education quality in the country.
He said many parents and educators in Keta were demanding for proper review of the teaching strategies for all subjects to improve student outcomes and urged government to restrategise the free senior high school policy and put a cut-off result for junior high school graduates.
“The results have also sparked discussions about the need for additional contact hours and support for students struggling with various subjects to give teachers and students more hours to teach and learn.”
Madam Dzifa Cecelia Gbedze, a mother of two, who spoke to GNA said that the government should abolish the double track system of education in the SHS and rather provide more accommodation to allow all students to be in school at the same time to improve learning and teaching.
She believed that the poor results could impact the students’ ability to pursue higher education or secure good job opportunities in future which could increase the unemployment rates and encouraged authorities to also shift attention to technical and vocational education to provide the necessary skills and training to youth to mitigate unemployment.
She said that mass promotion of student from JHS to SHS without proper scrutiny of their results also contributed to the poor WASSCE results, adding that,” most of the JHS graduate are not serious because they know they will by all means make it to SHS regardless of their results.”
The residents have also urged educational authorities to address the issues highlighted by the WASSCE results to improve future outcomes and emphasised the need for intervention to enhance student performance in critical subjects like mathematics, English, science, social studies among others.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has earlier stated that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results reflect the true performance of candidates which indicated a worrying situation in the country’s education system.
Mr. Daniel Fenyi, Public Relations Officer of GES, emphasised that the results were a cause for concern, given the three years of training and preparation students received.
GES also attributed the poor performance to various factors, including possible weaknesses in teaching methods, student preparedness, and resource availability and has acknowledged the concerns raised by stakeholders and were calling for urgent policy discussions to address the underlying challenges.
The GES has also highlighted its collaboration with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in conducting the examinations, emphasising that the results were a credible representation of students’ abilities while the service has implemented strict measures to prevent examination malpractice, such ss heightened invigilation and strengthened supervision.
GNA gathered that performance of candidates in published results of the core WASSCE subjects indicated that 54,294 candidate representing 12.86 per cent had F9 in English language, 114,872 (26.77 per cent) had F9 in Mathematics, 61,243 (16.05 per cent) had F9 in Integrated Science and 122,449 (27.50 per cent) having F9 in Social Studies.
GNA
Edited by: Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade