Their reactions stem from a pronouncement by former education minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang who attributed the excellent ‘Free SHS’ WASSCE results to leaked papers. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show, the deputy director-general of the GES, Dr Kwabena Tandoh described Prof Opoku-Agyemang’s comments as unfortunate. At least 411 out of the 465 candidates who scored 8As in the 2020 WASSCE were students from Ghana and beneficiaries of the Free SHS policy. Again, 2020 was the only year that 50% of Ghanaian students scored A1 to C6 in all core subjects, official records at WAEC said. Prof Opoku-Agyemang on WASSCE resultsProf Opoku-Agyemang in an interview with Woezor TV questioned why Ghanaians are celebrating the outstanding performance of the SHS students in the 2020 WASCCE exams.

Source: GhanaWeb June 01, 2021 17:48 UTC