Rastafarian student Achimota School fought against gets 8As in 2023 WASSCE

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Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who faced initial denial of admission by Achimota School in 2021 due to his dreadlocks, has achieved outstanding success in the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Despite the initial rejection, Tyrone secured the highest grade possible, an A1, in all eight subjects he studied as a General Science student at the school.

His success was shared on X by a former aide to the NDC 2024 flagbearer, John Mahama, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.

The denial of admission led to a court intervention in May 2021, which mandated Achimota School to admit him after extensive deliberations on the matter.

The court ruling, delivered by Justice Gifty Adjei Addo, disagreed with the Attorney General’s submissions and granted the reliefs sought by the Rastafarian students, directing the school to admit them.

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has cancelled the entire results of 839 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates for possessing mobile phones during the examination.

WAEC made this known after announcing the release of the provisional results for this year’s exams.

WAEC also reported the cancellation of subject results for 3,647 candidates due to the offense of “bringing foreign materials into the examination hall.”

Furthermore, the subject results of 4,280 candidates and the entire results of 1,005 have been withheld for various suspected offenses.

Results from candidates in 235 schools are also under scrutiny for collusion and the use of artificially generated answers through artificial intelligence.

According to WAEC, these cases are currently under investigation, and the release or cancellation of the withheld results will depend on the investigation outcomes.

Candidates can access their results online by visiting www.waecgh.org, as announced in a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi.