Dr. Adutwum’s Spokesperson Slams GES Over 2025 WASSCE Results: “A Shameful Attempt to Cover Up Leadership Failure”
A spokesperson for the immediate past Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has launched a strong attack on the Ghana Education Service (GES) following its recent statement on the 2025 WASSCE results. In a sharply worded response, Yaw Opoku Mensah accused the GES of engaging in “a shameful political attempt to cover up leadership failure” instead of taking responsibility for the disappointing examination outcomes.
“Thousands of Parents Are Disappointed”
According to Opoku Mensah, the GES has failed to acknowledge the underlying causes of the poor results, choosing instead to defend what he describes as unacceptable academic outcomes that have left many parents distressed.
He argues that the decline in performance is not accidental but the direct result of the abandonment of key interventions that previously supported strong WASSCE achievements.
“There is no sense of urgency, leading to poor preparation by the leadership of the Ghana Education Service,” he stated. “It is unacceptable to toy with the future of these young students through inertia resulting in this mass failure.”
Cancelled Interventions Blamed for Performance Drop
Opoku Mensah listed several initiatives he claims were halted under the current management, including:
- The Academic Intervention Grant, used by senior high schools for extra academic support
- WAEC subject-teacher training programmes, which enhanced teacher readiness for WASSCE
“These deliberate interventions boosted earlier performances,” he said. “The results should not surprise anyone.”
“Point 7 Is a Deflection” – Heightened Invigilation Disputed
Reacting specifically to Point 7 of the GES statement—which attributed the results partly to tightened invigilation and increased malpractice detections—Opoku Mensah dismissed the claim as an attempt to divert attention from systemic failures.
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He argued that WAEC’s own statistics contradict the GES narrative, showing no significant increase in monitoring intensity between 2021 and 2025.
“Data from 2021 to 2025 show that irregularities and sanctions have been consistent across the years. The 2025 results cannot be explained away by ‘tight invigilation.’ What we are witnessing is a deterioration of educational systems, not improved monitoring,” he said.
Calls for Government Accountability
Opoku Mensah insisted that the government must take responsibility for the declining academic outcomes, urging immediate action to prevent a repeat in the 2026 WASSCE.
“Parents deserve an apology. Students deserve better preparation. And the GES must take responsibility rather than hide behind press statements,” he emphasized.
He concluded by warning the GES against politicizing the issue, stressing the need to confront the real challenges facing education today: the lack of interventions, weakened teacher support systems, collapsing preparation structures, and inadequate leadership at the highest levels.
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