Candidates begin WASSCE with optimism

Candidates writing this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) turned up at their various centres with optimism to write and excel in the examination.

From Accra, Naa Lamiley Bentil reports that the examination took off smoothly at 8:30 a.m. at the centres she visited, with the candidates writing Oral English, the first core subject.
In all, 242,152 candidates, comprising 126,919 males and 115,238 females, are expected to write the examination at 809 centres in different parts of the country.

Labone Senior High School
A total of 609 candidates took part in the Oral English examination at the Labone Senior High School. The external supervisor, Ms Cecelia Asabea Boateng, told the Daily Graphic that the examination had been smooth.
The students were categorised into three batches, and at the time of the visit to the centre by this reporter, the third batch was getting ready for the examination.

St Thomas Aquainas Senior High School
At the St Thomas Aquainas Senior High School, 367 candidates took part in the examination. Here too, the students were to write the paper in three batches.
According to the Headmaster, Mr James Dapaah Asamoah, it was early days to expect any ‘tricks’.
He said even though some students had already taken some of the papers, it was today that all the students were taking the examination together because Oral English was a core subject.

Accra Girls’ Senior High School
In all, 421 candidates registered to take the Oral English at the Accra Girls Senior High School. Out of the number, one was absent, while the another candidate was reported to be sick.
The headmistress, Madam Veronica Akapame, said the examination took off smoothly as they received their stationery on time.
In another development, Zadok Kwame Gyesi reports from Cape Coast that the Minister of Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, made a stopover at the Adisadel College during a duty tour of the Central Region to observe those writing the WASSCE.
According to the assistant headmistress of the school, Rev. Faustina Baidoo, 540 students were taking part in the examination.