As the WASSCE approaches, the government owes WAEC.
The government owes the West African Examination Council (WAEC) money for the 2021 West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and Basic Education Certificate Examination.
According to sources close to the Council, WAEC had not received any funds for this year's WASSCE and BECE as of July 19, 2022.
According to the source, the council would urgently require funds to conduct the two examinations in the country.
Meanwhile, this year's WASSCE is scheduled to begin on August 1, 2022, and end on September 27, 2022, while the BECE will begin on October 17 to 21, 2022.
A total of 422, 883 candidates from 977 schools have registered for this year’s WASSCE.
There were media reports that the Government owes WAEC a total of GHS23,011, 827.00 after conducting the 2021 WASSCE and BECE.
The report further explained that government needed to pay GHS15,790,072 for WASSCE and GHC7,221,755 for BECE.
It further suggested that WAEC urgently needs a total of GHC96, 694,432.40 to prepare for the upcoming WASSC and BECE, which the source could not confirm.
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During a one-week observation of the death of a friend, two people died in a terrible accident at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region.
The tragic incident occurred on July 19, 2022, around 5:30 PM.
According to a report gathered by Kasapa News' Yaw Boagyan, the two, Alfred Oduro, 30 years old and popularly known as "Wontumi," and another man in his 60s were riding a tricycle haphazardly in town during a week celebration.
Unfortunately, the tricycle's brakes failed and it collided with a wall, killing them.
Both bodies have been deposited at the Ajumako Government Hospital Mortuary.