2020 WASSCE performance: Everything you need to know

The organizers of the national examination (WAEC) has released the 2020 WASSCE performance of the first batch of the Free SHS beneficiaries who sat for the 2020 edition of the WASSCE for School Candidates examination.

The Examinations Council on Friday, November 13, 2020, announced on social media it has released the provisional results and that candidates who desire may access at the results checking portal http://ghana.waecdirect.org.

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According to WAEC, candidates results indicate that there were improvements in the WASSCE performance at Grades A1 to C6 in English Language and Mathematics (Core) in 2020 as compared to 2019 as follows:

SUBJECTS	NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CANDIDATES OBTAINING
GRADESA1 – C6	GRADED7	GRADEE8	GRADEF9
ENGLISH LANGUAGE	212,866(57.34%)	68,525(18.46%)	46,732(12.59%)	42,500(11.45%)
MATHEMATICS (CORE)	243,904(65.71%)	38,984(10.50%)	37,551(10.11%)	49,721 (13.40%)
INTEGRATED SCIENCE	194,891(52.53%)	54,053(14.57%)	48,081(12.96%)	73,242 (19.74%)
SOCIAL STUDIES	238,584(64.31%)	25,108(6.77%)	29,466(7.94%)	77,192(20.81%)

English Language – 48.96% in 2019 to 57.34% in 2020
Mathematics (Core) – 65.31% in 2019 to 65.71% in 2020.

It furthered that Integrated Science and Social Studies recorded a decline in the performance of candidates at Grades A1 to C6 in 2020 as compared to 2019 as follows: