The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has announced plans to picket at the Ministry of Education on Friday, July 7, 2026, to demand an independent review of the 2026 BECE results.
GNACOPS alleges that candidates from private schools were unfairly marked and is calling for the release of scripts for independent scrutiny.
Meanwhile, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi, has rejected suggestions that candidates from private schools may have been disadvantaged in the marking of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
According to WAEC, examiners do not know the origin of the scripts they assess.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show, John Kapi explained, “We examine all of them the same way.
If you were to bring scripts and tell me that these are from school A or school B, I’ll not be able to identify unless I go back to the database and check which school centre number this is or that”.
Mr Kapi maintained that the integrity of the marking process remains intact as examiners do not work with school identities, only with coded scripts.
WAEC Head of Public Affairs reiterated that the Council applies the same assessment standards to every candidate.
He further urged schools and parents raising concerns over the 2026 BECE results to provide evidence to support their claims.
Mr Kapi stated, “In the first place, when you talk about correcting issues, we need to have those issues raised.
Somebody will say they got a grade for a subject that they did not register. I wonder how that can happen. Unless we see the evidence, it’ll be difficult for us to just speak in a vacuum”, he stated.
“Out of 620,000 candidates, where do you start from and where do you stop? Whom do you write to and whom do you not write to?” he asked.
WAEC comments come after the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) claimed it had received reports from member schools alleging inconsistencies in this year’s results,
According to GNAPS, grades that do not reflect candidates’ academic performance and subjects that candidates allegedly did not register for.
The Council further called on WAEC to investigate the concerns and reconcile any affected results.
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The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) will picket at the Ministry of Education on Friday to demand an independent review of the 2026 BECE results.
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