GES Accuses Former Minister Osei – Adutwum of Politicizing 2025 WASSCE
By: Nana Kwasi Roka
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sharply rebuked former Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei-Adutwum, accusing him of deliberately politicising the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results and attempting to divert public attention from his own shortcomings while in office.
In a strongly worded statement issued from its Headquarters in Accra on December 1, 2025, GES said attempts by Dr. Osei-Adutwum to attribute the performance of candidates in the 2025 WASSCE to what he described as “unsupportive management practices” are false and misleading.
According to the Service, the former minister’s comments are part of a calculated effort to distort public understanding and shift blame away from his own failures in managing the examination system during his tenure.
“The statements being made are not only inaccurate but are a deliberate diversion from his own shortcomings in overseeing the examination process,” GES stated.
GES further debunked claims that it has cancelled allowances due to teachers. It explained that the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) has already publicly addressed the reasons behind the temporary non-payment of certain November allowances to teachers.
The Service maintained that the 2025 WASSCE results are an honest and credible reflection of the academic abilities of the candidates, made possible through stricter supervision and zero tolerance for examination malpractice.
Before the examinations, GES, together with the Ministry of Education, issued firm directives that any teacher or official caught engaging in malpractice would be severely sanctioned. Those directives, the statement confirmed, were rigorously enforced.
“This year’s examinations were conducted under intensified invigilation and strengthened monitoring across all centres, resulting in the arrest of individuals who would have compromised the integrity of the process,” the statement added.
GES urged the public to disregard comments made by the former minister and support efforts aimed at restoring credibility and confidence in Ghana’s examination system.
The Service concluded by reaffirming that it will not compromise the integrity of examinations and will continue to work with stakeholders, including WAEC, teachers, school heads and civil society organisations, to safeguard standards in education.
The statement was signed by Daniel Fenyi, Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Education Service.
