{"id":165209,"date":"2024-03-25T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/25\/ghana-sweeps-3-top-waec-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T14:09:32","slug":"ghana-sweeps-3-top-waec-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/25\/ghana-sweeps-3-top-waec-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Sweeps 3 Top WAEC Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three top International Excellence Awards instituted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have been won by Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The coveted awards were to recognise candidates with outstanding performance at the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).<\/p>\n<p>During the WAEC Council Meeting held last Tuesday\u00a0in Freetown, Sierra Leone, three Ghanaian students from St. James Seminary Senior High School (SHS) and Labone SHS outperformed all other candidates\u00a0from the council\u2019s five member countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunyani-based Catholic school picked two of the topmost awards of the 2023 WASSCE written by a total of 2,327,342 candidates from the member countries of WAEC, while the Labone SHS the remaining one.<\/p>\n<p>The awardees are Leonard Kofi Marton Amo-Kodieh (St James Seminary), Dzandu Selorm (Labone SHS), and Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi (St. James Seminary).<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Kofi Marton Amo-Kodieh, who is studying Medicine at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), was adjudged\u00a0the overall winner after scoring\u00a0623.5512 points.<\/p>\n<p>Selorm Dzandu, a medical student at KNUST, finished second with a score of 623.1882, while Daniel Asenso-Gyambibi, a student at Ashesi University, came in third with a score of 622.4438.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered for an Excellence Award, a candidate must get a grade of A1 in at least eight subjects, including English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Health Sciences, and Integrated Science, as well as A1 in\u00a0one of the\u00a0core subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eric Nkansah, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), praised the winners for flying the Ghana flag high on such an international platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of our students for their consistent performance at the WASSCE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, two out of the three were from Ghana and this year, we are here again and this time round, we are taking all the three awards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nkansah described the students\u2019 achievement as a source of pride for the GES and the country as a whole, saying it showed that, \u201cWe are doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He commended Ghanaian teachers and their heads of schools for their continuous efforts, which are\u00a0yielding positive\u00a0results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo 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\u2019s job,\u201d the Director-General said and urged them to continue to work harder for more awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He praised the management and staff at St James Seminary SHS for regularly producing award-winning students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ernest Kofi Adu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Three top International Excellence Awards instituted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have been won by Ghana. 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