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The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) has announced that over 7,450 candidates have been left out of the 2023 WASSCE exams due to the negligence of school leaders and principals who failed to register their eligible students before the portal closed on 31st March 2023.
In a statement released on 3 May 2023, the MBSSE called on school leaders, parents, and candidates to take note of the press release issued on 11th April 2023, which announced the re-opening of the registration portal for the fourth time.
The ministry explained that the fourth re-opening was due to its engagement with the West African Examination Council (WAEC) international, which provided a last window of opportunity for school leaders to register their candidates.
The MBSSE also assured the public that the government remains committed to paying public examination fees for eligible candidates at all levels, including NPSE, BECE, and WASSCE. However, school leaders who neglected their responsibilities and left out eligible candidates should bear the responsibility for their students’ inability to write the exams.
The statement also highlighted that out of the 228,171 candidates presented to WAEC, only 220,721 were registered for the 2023 exams.
The ministry called on the affected candidates and their parents/guardians to remain calm and trust the government’s judgment in handling the matter.
It is essential to note that the West African Examination Council is an international examination body established by law in five-member West African countries, including Sierra Leone. The registration portal is exclusively managed by WAEC international and not Sierra Leone.
The MBSSE has warned that any individual or group of individuals who undermine the government’s efforts to provide education to its citizens will face the full force of the law. The affected candidates and their families are urged to cooperate with the ministry and WAEC to ensure that the issue is resolved satisfactorily.
Could you please organize pravite wassce early so students will be able to enter university this year that the list you can do for the victims student so there hope and plans would not be shattered 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Please Mr. Minister,we are kindly appealing for a positive alternative for all affected students
Good day mr minister I am appling to you to please help or find a solution towards this issue as am talking to u now am affected to this issue and am totally frustrated with this issue and I want you mr minister to please find a way to help us mr minister
Please Mr minister,I want you to know that most of these head of schools are not serious with their work.So I really want you to take drastic measures against those head of schools.
Am also affected through this issue please mr minister we need your help.
Hello Mr Minister we kindly asking to you to help us,as am talking to you now this is the warst I have ever hard, the school I did my entry I soposed to have my first subject which is Business management, when I reach their today the principal told us that non of our names enter the portal, we were their with our BRS ready to take the exam, and unfortunately no exam was conducted,
Please sir we are on our nies begging please help us.
Thank you.
It’s really disheartening to hear such things happens. I actually thought that we’re the only center that’s being affected with issues.
The centre I’m seating, up to 5 to 7 candidates are affected with this. List brought from WACE for attendance, these said candidates’ names are not in the list neither theirs index numbers.
And the most annoying part of it all is that, “they’re given them a confidence to write the exams as an IRREGULAR STUDENTS ” that there paper will be marked and results will be published as well for them.
My question is that “why there index numbers or names aren’t in attendance list been brought from WACE?” BUT they have their BRS with their index numbers on it.
We really felt 😔 so sad for them, considering money spent.
Please Mr. Minister and WACE , we are really pleading on their behalf to looks into this said issues sirs’.
Please consider those that’s are victims, resolve this once and for all sir.
Thanks for your time
Our names are not in the list that was brought from WACE, but we have our BRS.
And they’re given us confidence to just write to the exams, as an IRREGULAR STUDENTS, that our papers will be marked and our results will be published as well.
WHY ARE OUR NAMES ISN’T ON THE LIST BROUGHT FORM WACE NON OUR INDEX NUMBERS?
But we’ve our BRS,.
Please Mr. Minister of education and WACE, please looks in our matters.
We are really worriers about this whole situations sirs’.
Our Centre, we affected are close to 8, and we keep paying transport to go for the exams, and we stays from far distances.
It’s really disheartening 😔 sir.
We’re pleading sir 🙏…
Let’s put##Mama Salone## above all interest and lets go of our selfishness and try to be peaceful,mind you hatred cannot cease hatred only with love, embracement and acceptance for each other regardless of political party,tribe, religion and region we are all the same humanity
We should love and accept each other for who they are and for where they belong
Put##Salone Fos## we have only one##Salone##in the world map after this there is no other
So let’s be conscious
Please sir am pleading for this sad news, my life card comes but my name is not in the attendance sheet. Please look into this matter