The 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) took off on Mondays, with roughly 446, 321 candidates across the country sitting for the examinations.
A total of 375,763 candidates sat for the examination last year. This year’s lot includes 224,884 females and 221,437 males, with 763 supervisors and centres.
A statement issued by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) indicated that 965 schools were participating in the exams, out of which 651 were public schools and 314 private schools.
According to the statement, the Ashanti Region had the highest number of candidates with 108,485 students, followed by the Eastern Region with 65,623 candidates participating in the examinations.
The Upper West Region had the lowest representation with 9,338 candidates.
The examination, which commenced with Project Work for Visual Arts candidates, is expected to come to an end on Friday, October 8, 2021
