WAEC publishes results at ghana.waecdirect.org. To see yours online you need your index number and a results checker: a serial number and PIN, bought for ₵25 for the WASSCE or ₵15 for the BECE, at WAEC’s 2025 prices.

Checking online is optional. WAEC has said it does not require candidates to buy a checker: you can wait for the statement of results to reach your school.

When results come out

There is no fixed date. Results follow some weeks after the last paper, and WAEC announces each release on its own channels and in the national papers. The 2026 WASSCE results were released provisionally on 4 September 2026. A date on social media before WAEC’s announcement is a guess.

Buying a checker

Buy from WAEC’s accredited sellers only:

  • By mobile money, through the USSD codes WAEC publishes when results are released
  • From WAEC’s offices and the agents it accredits

The serial number and PIN arrive by text or on a scratch card. A checker works for one candidate. Keep it: you may need to check again before you print.

Checking

  1. Go to ghana.waecdirect.org.
  2. Enter your index number exactly as it is on your admission slip.
  3. Choose the examination: WASSCE (school candidates), WASSCE (private candidates), or BECE.
  4. Choose the year.
  5. Enter the serial number and the PIN.
  6. Submit. The result opens in a new window; on the day of release this can take minutes. Save or print it.

The site is overwhelmed on release day. Waiting a day costs nothing.

Withheld, cancelled or missing results

  • Withheld means WAEC is investigating something - suspected malpractice, or an issue with the candidate’s registration. The school is told first. Ask the head of school, then WAEC’s office, in writing.
  • Cancelled for a subject or the whole exam follows a malpractice finding. Ask the school how to appeal.
  • “Result not found” usually means a wrong index number or year. Check the slip before buying another checker.

Then

Nobody can change a WAEC grade for money

Offers to “upgrade” results, or to sell exam questions before the paper, are fraud, and the results that come of them are checked against WAEC’s records by universities and employers.