WAEC dismisses claims of bias against private school BECE candidates

The Council's response follows concerns raised by the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), which questioned aspects of the provisional 2026 BECE results and called for an independent audit over what it described as grading irregularities that could affect senior high school placement.

Mr Kapi explained that candidates' scripts are assessed without regard to whether they come from public or private schools, stressing that all examiners follow the same marking schemes and quality assurance procedures approved by the Council.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has firmly denied allegations that candidates from private schools are disadvantaged in the marking of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), insisting that its assessment procedures are transparent, objective and applied uniformly to every candidate.