It started as whispers on WhatsApp groups and in staff common rooms. “My result changed overnight.” “English disappeared.” Most parents dismissed it as student anxiety.
Until Africa Education Watch Executive Director, Kofi Asare, decided to take it seriously.
In a strongly-worded Facebook post that has since set Ghana’s education space ablaze, Mr. Asare asked a simple but devastating question: HEY WAEC, WHAT IS GOING ON???
His evidence is hard to ignore. He posted two screenshots of the same candidate’s results — from the same centre — Okuapemman Senior High School, WASSCE School 2026.
DAY 1 — Card Use 2 of 3:
The candidate is a star.
– CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES – B3 GOOD
– HISTORY – B3 GOOD
– SOCIAL STUDIES – B2 VERY GOOD
– GOVERNMENT – C4 CREDIT
– TWI (AKUAPEM) – C6 CREDIT
– MATHEMATICS (CORE) – C4 CREDIT
– GENERAL SCIENCE – C4 CREDIT
– ENGLISH LANG – P PENDING
In short: All subjects passed. Only English pending. University beckons.
DAY 2 — Card Use 3 of 3:
24 hours later, the same candidate checks again. The future collapses.
– MATHEMATICS (CORE) drops from C4 to D7 PASS
– GENERAL SCIENCE drops from C4 CREDIT to F9 FAIL
– Suddenly, the candidate is recorded as having written LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH – P PENDING — a subject he never registered for or sat for.
– And English Lang? It has vanished.
As Kofi Asare put it:
“What happened between Day 1 and Day 2? How does a C4 become a D7? How does a passed subject suddenly become a failure? How does a candidate suddenly appear to have written a subject he knows nothing about? And when the candidate complains, the response is essentially: ‘Take the second one as the final result.'”
According to Mr. Asare, this is not an isolated case. “I have two of such cases; one I have personally monitored and followed up via my office this week,” he revealed.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
The timing could not be worse. This year’s WASSCE has already been dogged by controversy. WAEC Ghana released provisional results on September 5, 2026, for 512,862 candidates. Over 8,295 results were cancelled for malpractice, while results from 169 schools remain withheld over suspected collusion. At the same time, schools across Ghana and Nigeria have questioned the credibility of the results, citing unexpected failures in English and Mathematics for known high performers.
WAEC, in a statement issued last month by its Head of Public Affairs, insisted that “this year’s results were produced through the same rigorous, transparent, and quality-assured processes that have guided the Council’s operations for decades,” dismissing social media claims as unverified.
But this is different. This is not a rumour. This is a candidate with two different results, same index number, same centre, checked 24 hours apart.
For the boy at Okuapemman SHS, the difference between Day 1 and Day 2 is the difference between university admission and a year at home. A C4 in Core Maths secures a program. A D7 ends it. A C4 in General Science is a credit. An F9 is a stain that cannot be explained to any admissions office.
Education stakeholders are now demanding three things:
1. A public acknowledgement: WAEC must admit if there was a technical glitch in its results portal.
2. A clear explanation: How does the system assign a subject a student never wrote?
3. An immediate correction: The authentic result must be restored and published.
As Mr. Asare warned: “WAEC owes the public a serious explanation. It should issue a clear statement acknowledging the errors and take immediate steps to correct them. Else… we shall advise ourselves.”
For thousands of parents who spent six years paying school fees, extra classes, and buying past questions to avoid this exact heartbreak, the idea that a computer error can change a child’s future overnight is terrifying.
WAEC’s motto is “Excellence and Integrity.” Tonight, for the boy in Akropong and many others refreshing their results page with shaking hands, that integrity is on trial.
Have you experienced a changing result? Send your Day 1 and Day 2 screenshots here
Alexander Afriyie, supervising editor, ghanacrimereport.com and ghanatalk.com
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