{
  "id": 5684772,
  "title": "WASSCE 2026: Social Studies records sharp rebound as Maths, Science also improve",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/wassce-2026-social-studies-records-sharp-rebound-as-maths-science",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T01:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/wassce-2026-social-studies-records-sharp-rebound-as-maths-science-also-improve/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) saw Social Studies perform strongly, with 78.04% of candidates scoring between grades A1 and C6, a significant improvement from the 55.82% recorded in 2025, according to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). This marks the best performance in Social Studies since 2023 and 2024, outperforming the 76.76% in 2023 and 71.53% in 2024.\n\nMathematics also showed a recovery after a decline in 2025, with 60.75% of candidates scoring A1 to C6, compared to 48.73% in 2025. This figure was lower than the 62.23% in 2023 but higher than the previous year.\n\nIn contrast, English Language saw a decline in performance, with the proportion of candidates scoring A1 to C6 falling from 69.00% in 2025 to 62.40% in 2026. WAEC noted that English Language was the only core subject to record a progressive decline over the four-year period, reporting data from 2023 to 2026 based on candidates who achieved grades A1 to C6.",
  "summary": "Social Studies recorded the strongest performance among the four core subjects in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with 78.04 per cent of candidates obtaining grades between A1 and C6. The figure represents a sharp improvement from the 55.82 per cent recorded in 2025, according to performance statistics released by the West […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}