Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, has told the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to timely release the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results to reduce anxiety among students.
The education minister, while commending WAEC and the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the success of the 2025 BECE, emphasised the need to reduce public anxiety by releasing the results early.
Speaking at the WAEC Distinction Awards in Accra, Haruna Iddrisu stated, Let me commend you for a very successful BECE examination. What we expect from you now is the early, timely release of the results so that anxiety and anxiousness in the students will go down,” he said.
“Within the few weeks to come, I will introduce the Ghana Scholarship Authority Bill to Parliament on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, as he promised Ghanaians to deal with the issue of nepotism that was associated with the award of scholarships,” he disclosed.
He further revealed that the top ten West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates every other year will qualify for President Mahama’s scholarship.
The sector minister noted that the initiative, originally intended for just three students, but President Mahama requested expansion to ten WASSCE candidates.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, the scholarships will be fully funded through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
The education minister also revealed that a new Scholarship Authority, yet to be established, will manage President Mahama’s scholarship for the top ten WASSCE candidates.
He further emphasised that the selection will be free from any political or external interference, adding that WAEC will maintain full control over determining the recipients based on academic capability.
Speaking at the WAEC Distinction Awards in Accra, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “I have the pleasure of President John Dramani Mahama to announce today that these award winners of three, the President has asked me to expand it to ten awardees”.
“All awardees, the overall best-performing candidates in WASSCE every other year, will be determined solely by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and will qualify for President Mahama’s scholarship,” he added.
He affirmed, “Without any interference from WAEC’s determination of these best students, ten of them will receive the President’s pleasure of continuous support”.
