WAEC - Ghana

HISTORY

Introduction

The West African Examinations Council, a non-profit-making organization, with its head-quarters in Accra, Ghana, was established in 1952 after the Governments of Ghana (then Gold Coast), Nigeria, Sierra Leone and The Gambia enacted the West African Examinations Council Ordinances in 1951. Liberia became the fifth member of the Council in 1974.

The enactment of the Ordinances was based on the Jeffrey Report, which strongly supported the proposal for the setting up of a regional examining board to harmonise and standardise pre-university assessment procedures in the then British West Africa.

The main objectives of the Council are:

To conduct examinations in the public interest
To award certificates, provided that the certificates did not represent lower standards of attainment than equivalent certificates of examining authorities in the United Kingdom .

Convention Establishing the Council

The Council celebrated its 30 th anniversary in March 1982 in Monrovia , Liberia during which the Convention establishing the WAEC was signed. The Convention was subsequently ratified by member Governments and came into force in August 1984.

he Council under the Convention was inaugurated in March 1985. The Convention now gives uniform legal backing to the operations of Council in all the member countries, makes provision for significant changes in the structure of the Council and gives it legal personality as an international body. A Headquarters Agreement signed with the Government of Ghana in 1987 confers certain privileges and immunities on Council's Headquarters in Ghana

Heads of National Office

1964 - 1965	Dr. Chris Modu M.Sc, Ph.D
1964 - 1966	Thomas Boatin B.A
1974 - 1982	Isaac Ayi Okine B.A (Hons), M.A. (Educ)
1982 - 1987	Dr. Badu Laryea B.Sc, Ph.D
1989 - 1989	Mr. Michael Bey B.Sc, M.Sc
1989 - 1995	Mrs. Sylvia Awo Mansa Boye B.A (Hons), HON.LLD (Ghana)
1995 - 2002	Mrs. Lydia Kpodo B.A (Hons)
2002 - 2005	Rev. J.A. Adotey B.Sc (Edu)
2005 - Date	Mrs Patience G. A. Ayesu B. A Hons (Ed)

Vision

To be a world class examining body adding value to the educational goals of its numerous stakeholders.

Mission

West Africa 's foremost examining body, developing and maintaining internationally accepted procedures in examination, providing qualitative and reliable educational assessment, encouraging academic and moral excellence among the youth and promoting sustainable human resource development, mutual understanding and international co-operation.

Current Head of National Office

NAME : PATIENCE GLADYS AYELE AYESU (MRS)

DATE OF BIRTH: 4 TH MAY,1952

HOMETOWN : OSU

DATE OF ASSUMPTION OF OFFICE: 28 TH MAY 2005

HOBBIES: SEWING, BAKING AND READING

PROFILE OF THE HEAD OF THE GHANA NATIONAL OFFICE
( MRS PATIENCE GLADYS AYELE AYESU)

Mrs. Patience Gladys Ayele Ayesu is the ninth Head of the Ghana National Office and the third female to hold the esteemed position.

Mrs P.G. A. Ayesu started her career as an English Language subject teacher in 1974 at the Wesley Girls High School and later became the Head of the English Department.

She then moved to the West African Examinations Council in October 1980 as a Subject Officer in English. Over the years she worked in both TDD and TAD divisions of the Council.

The Departments she worked in comprises the following:

The Languages Section and the Professional and Vocational Examinations

Department of the Test Development Division.

The Private Candidates Examinations Administration Department and was the Head Of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations Administration Department (SSSCEAD) for School Candidates until her new appointment as Head Of National Office in May, 2005.

She is a native of Osu and an alumna of Achimota School , Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School and the University of Cape Coast.

Her hobbies include reading, sewing and baking.

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