The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced plans to appeal a court ruling that denied its request for a stay of execution on the release of withheld West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.
An Accra High Court had earlier dismissed WAEC’s application in a case filed by four students representing all affected candidates whose results were withheld due to alleged irregularities and malpractices.
Speaking to the media, WAEC’s Head of Legal Affairs, Rev. Victor Brew, confirmed that the withheld results would still be released on February 28, except for those directly involved in the ongoing legal proceedings.
“As for 28th February, it is for the generality of all outstanding results and just to clarify these are just a portion of all the outstanding results. So even as these 10,000 candidates went to court, we are still working and so 28th is a date to say that all results finally would have been worked on,” he said.
He also stated that the release would include candidates who failed to appear before WAEC for questioning regarding their withheld results.
