Ghana has won the coveted West African Examinations Council (WAEC) International Excellence Awards, with three students taking the top ranks.
The prizes, which acknowledge outstanding achievement in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), were awarded during the last WAEC Council Meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Students from St. James Seminary Senior High School (SHS) and Labone SHS in Ghana outperformed their peers from the council’s five member nations, with a total of 2,327,342 applicants.
St. James Seminary SHS in Sunyani received two of the top honors, while Labone SHS received the remaining one.
The winners of the 2023 WASSCE International Excellence Awards were Leonard Kofi Marton Amo-Kodieh (St. James Seminary), Dzandu Selorm (Labone SHS), and Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi (St. James Seminary).
Leonard Kofi Marton Amo-Kodieh, a Medicine student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), won first place with an amazing score of 623.5512 points.
Selorm Dzandu, a medical student at KNUST, finished second with a score of 623.1882, while Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi, an Ashesi University student, came in third with a score of 622.4438.
To be eligible for an Excellence Award, applicants must get an A1 in at least eight subjects, including key topics such as English, Mathematics, and Integrated Science.
Dr. Eric Nkansah, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), congratulated the awardees on their outstanding performance, citing their success as a source of pride for the GES and the entire country.
He praised Ghanaian teachers and school officials for their devotion and underlined the need of continuing efforts to earn additional prizes in the future.
Dr. Nkansah also lauded St. James Seminary SHS for continually producing award-winning students, demonstrating the school’s dedication to academic success.
“To all teachers, I wish to say kudos to you all and the management of education, especially at the school level, I thank all of them for the yeoman’s job,” the Director-General stated, encouraging them to strive harder for more awards.
