Source: tntnewspapergh.com
The Ashanti Regional Organiser for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Adomako, has commended the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, Minister of Education, and teachers for the unprecedented West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) results for 2023.
He also heaped praises on the students for putting up such a great performance to justify the investment made by government as a result of the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme.
According to Francis Adomako, who is affectionately called Francois, the government and the Education Minister deserve commendation for such great results despite the criticisms by the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), since the introduction of the Free SHS policy, among other interventions.
The provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2023 Ghana Only Version of WASSCE for school candidates were released by WAEC on Monday,18th December 2023.
Francis Adomako aka Francois
The press statement said this was the best results in the last four years per the performance statistics released by WAEC.
Performance Statistics
A total number of 448,674 candidates made up of 212,453 males and 236,221 females from 975 schools took the examinations.
This figure is 5.8% higher than the 2022 entry figure of 422,883. A total number of 3,404 (0.75%) were absent from the examinations.
Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, Education Minister
The Ashanti Regional NPP Organiser said per the statistics provided by WAEC,2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 are the Free SHS graduates and the only years in the past 8 years that more than 50% of candidates obtained A1- C6 in all core subjects.
Per the WAEC records, with regard to the 2023 year group, more than 60% of candidates obtained A1- C6 in all core subjects. A1-C6 are grades that are required for a student to qualify for admission to a tertiary institution in Ghana.
Francois, therefore, insisted that the Akufo-Addo administration and the Education Minister deserve praises for the improvement in the WAEC results.
He added that this justifies government’s commitment to the implementation of Free SHS which needs to be supported by all stakeholders for its sustainability.
