The Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy cannot be blamed for the sharp decline in the 2025 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE),
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Special Aide to former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said.

Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV and monitored by GhanaWeb on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, he entreated stakeholders in the education sector to investigate what actually caused the poor performance of students in 2025 instead of politicising the issue.

“Anybody who says that Free SHS is the reason for these failures is not being intelligent.

"It is an ill-informed comment and does not hold water. We need to stop politicising this issue,” he said.

WAEC says the 2025 WASSCE recorded one of the most drastic declines in years, with Core Mathematics passes dropping by more than 96,000 and the pass rate falling to 48.73 percent.

Nearly a quarter of candidates failed both Core Mathematics and Social Studies.

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