99% of 2025 BECE Withheld Candidates from Cape Coast – WAEC

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The investigation of the 2025 BECE Withheld Candidates, which started today, has 99% of the candidates being investigated by WAEC from Cape Coast.

Cape Coast is in the bad books of WAEC. The council is expected to have a tough time dealing with the huge number of investigations into the suspected 2025 BECE mass cheating.

Per the WAEC released list, investigations in Cape Coast will take place on 12th August, 2025, from 8:30 am.

The problem of mass collusion, based on this list, is almost exclusively a Cape Coast phenomenon. The numbers from Accra, Kumasi, and Sunyani are statistically insignificant in comparison, likely representing isolated cases, while the Cape Coast data points to a systemic issue at multiple examination centres.

During the investigations, the WAEC Height, Accra, will be the main centre for the largest and most severe clusters, primarily from Cape Coast.

 

Effects and Final Verdict of WAEC

All students who are found guilty will have their specific subject results cancelled or all the results of the 10 subjects they wrote cancelled by WAEC. For students whose investigations are not concluded, before WAEC releases results, the description ‘Withheld’ will be attached to the specific subjects.

Geographical Distribution Analysis

The most striking insight shows that out of the 2158 students invited, 2147 are from Cape Coast, which represents 99% of the invited students.

Regional OfficeNumber of CandidatesPercentage of Total
Cape Coast2,14799.49%
Kumasi80.37%
Accra20.09%
Sunyani10.05%
Total2,158100%
Examination Center Hotspot Analysis

A deeper analysis of the candidate index numbers reveals the specific examination centres where the “mass collusion” is alleged to have occurred. The first few digits of an index number represent the region, district, and school/centre.

By grouping candidates by their centre code, we can identify the primary hotspots.

Top 5 Identified Hotspots (Cape Coast Region):

Center Code (from Index Number)Number of Implicated CandidatesReporting Venue
319349…218WAEC Height, Accra
319103…218WAEC Height, Accra
325052…182WAEC Regional Office
319102…120WAEC Height, Accra
315041… & 315046…98 (Combined)WAEC Regional Office

Insights into the mass cheating by WAEC’s data

  • Concentrated Malpractice: The data strongly supports the “mass collusion” allegation, as entire cohorts of students from the same centres are implicated. It is statistically improbable for this many students from one centre to be flagged coincidentally.
  • Severity Indication: The fact that candidates from the largest hotspots (e.g., 319349 and 319103) are being summoned to the national headquarters WAEC Height, Airport Residential Area, Accrainstead of the Cape Coast regional office suggests that these are considered the most severe or complex cases, requiring a higher level of investigation.

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This data provides a clear and alarming picture of a significant examination malpractice event in the 2025 BECE. While the national picture appears stable, the situation in the Cape Coast region is critical, with evidence pointing to organised, large-scale collusion at several examination centres. The structure of WAEC’s investigation, which begins today, is methodical and appears to triage cases based on their size and severity. The outcome of this investigation will have major implications for the nearly 2,150 affected students and the educational institutions involved.

 

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