The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to urgently audit the provisional results of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), citing alleged discrepancies in the grades awarded to some candidates.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 5, GNAPS General Secretary Kennedy Donkor said the Association had received numerous complaints from member schools across the country regarding inconsistencies in the released results.
According to GNAPS, some candidates were awarded grades for subjects they neither registered for nor wrote, while others received results that did not reflect their known academic performance or showed unexplained failures.
The Association cited the case of a candidate who registered and sat for the Ghanaian Language paper in Twi but was reportedly awarded a grade in Ewe despite not taking the subject.
GNAPS said similar complaints had been reported by schools in different parts of the country, suggesting the issue may be more widespread.
While supporting WAEC’s efforts to sanction examination malpractice, the Association stressed that its concerns relate to possible administrative and technical errors in the processing of results.
“These are errors of collation and attribution, administrative and technical failures in the processing of results that, if they are not corrected, will deny hardworking and deserving children the results they earned.”
The Association has therefore urged WAEC to conduct an immediate audit and reconciliation of the affected results to identify and correct any discrepancies.
It also called on the examination body to ensure that candidates receive grades that accurately reflect the subjects they wrote and their actual performance, while awarding results solely on merit, regardless of whether candidates attended public or private schools.
GNAPS expressed particular concern over what it described as an unusually high failure rate among private school candidates, noting that in many cases the grades differed significantly from students’ continuous assessment scores, terminal examinations and mock examination results.
According to the Association, the discrepancies warrant further investigation and cannot simply be attributed to poor performance by candidates.
GNAPS warned that the issue comes at a critical time, as candidates are using the provisional results to select senior high schools and technical institutions. It said inaccurate grades could adversely affect students’ placement and future academic opportunities.
The Association said it is compiling complaints from member schools nationwide and cautioned that it would consider further action if WAEC fails to investigate and rectify any errors in the released results.
WAEC recently released the provisional results of the 2026 BECE, which will be used for placement into senior high schools and technical institutions across the country.
