The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced plans to appeal a stay of execution on a court ruling that ordered 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 brought by four students representing all affected candidates whose results were withheld over alleged irregularities and malpractices.
Speaking to Citi News, WAEC’s Head of Legal Affairs, Rev. Victor Brew, assured that the withheld results would still be released on February 28, except for those directly involved in the ongoing legal proceedings.Local event listings and tickets
“We are going to repeat the stay of execution application at the court of appeal in line with what is established procedure in court matters.
“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.
“Those that are exonerated, they would have their results uncanceled. Those that will be found culpable will have their results canceled. Perhaps the only group of people will be those students who took us to court, and we have to respect the court procedure.”
He further noted that the results set to be released on February 28 will still include candidates that failed to appear before WAEC for questioning over their withheld results.
