WAEC rejects claims of bias against private school candidates in BECE results

John Kapi - WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs Featured Aug - 05 - 2026 , 11:21 2 minutes read The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has rejected claims that private school candidates were disadvantaged in the marking of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Reacting to the allegation made by the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS), the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi said WAEC does not make any distinction between candidates from private and public schools during the assessment process.“Even for the examiners who are marking the scripts, they can’t tell which one is a private school and which one is a public school,” he added.