The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has elected Professor Thomas Brima Rick Yormah as the 21st Chairman of the Council during the 72nd Annual Council Meeting.
Head of Public Affairs at the WAEC Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, Demianus Ojijeogu, announced the election in a signed statement.
Professor Yormah, who succeeded Professor Ato Essuman from the Republic of Ghana, was elected at a week-long WAEC Council meeting held in the Republic of Sierra Leone.
In his keynote address, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, represented by the Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, declared the gathering opened and congratulated WAEC on its 72nd anniversary.
He noted that the Council had played a prominent role in the educational development of the sub-region over the past seventy-two years and had indeed served as a catalyst for the educational reforms that have evolved in the member countries.
The Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone, Conrad Sackey, noted that since its inception in 1952, the Council has played its role creditably by assisting in the development of sound education and ensuring the maintenance of educational standards.
This, he said, has given the people of the sub-region a vision of the great potentials that lie beyond examinations.
He urged all stakeholders to rally the Council and stamp out examination malpractice in public examinations in the member countries.
On the same occasion, the WAEC International Excellence Award was conferred on three Ghanaian candidates for their outstanding performance in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023.