WAEC GHANA

WAEC Marking Scheme

For English Language
(2023)
A common question among candidates is how
does WAEC mark their papers? Knowing how
WAEC mark their papers is very important as it
gives you a clue as to how to answer the
questions.

In this article, we’ll show you how the West

African Examination Council (WAEC) English
language paper is being marked. That’s not all,
we’ll show you the different sections of the
exams and what it entails.

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WAEC English Language

Marking Scheme
The WAEC English Language exams comprise
of three sections – Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of
which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be
combined in a composite paper to be taken at
one sitting.

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PAPER 1: Will consist of eighty multiple-choice

questions, all of which should be answered
within 1 hour for 80 marks.

PAPER 2: Will consist of five essay topics and

a passage each to test candidates’
comprehension and summary skills. Candidates
will be expected to write an essay on one of the
topics and answer all the questions on
Comprehension and Summary passages. The
paper will last 2 hours and carry 100 marks.

PAPER 3: Will consist of sixty multiple-choice

items on Test of Orals for candidates in Nigeria
and Liberia, and that on Listening
Comprehension for candidates in Ghana, The
Gambia and Sierra Leone. All the questions will
be answered in 45 minutes for 60 marks.

How Is WAEC Graded?

The West African Examination Council (WAEC)
is graded based on percentage. Under the new
WAEC grading system, the letters A to F are
used to indicate how good a result it.

A1 = Excellent = 75% – 100% score

B2 = Very good =70% – 74% score
B3 = Good =65%- 69%
C4 =Credit =60% – 64%
C5 =Credit =55% – 59%
C6 =Credit =50% – 54%
D7 =Pass =45% – 49%
E8 =Pass =40% – 45%
F9 =Failure =0% – 44%

Explanations:

To score an A in English Language, you need to

have a minimum score of 75% in the Exam. This
means you need to score at least 75 per cent
across all the three parts of the examination.

The greater your score the higher your grade.

This explains how you are being graded in the
English Exams.

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at One Sitting.

How Percentage Is
Calculated
To determine the grade and percentage of
candidates, all the scores across the three
sections are added together. The sum is divided
by the total score and multiplied by 100%.

Total Score Gotten x 100

Total Score Available 1

Example: Assuming the total available score in

240 and I was able to score 60 in part 1, 70 in
part 2 and 40 in part 3. That will sum up to 170.
To calculate the percentage score?

(170÷240) x 100% = 70.83% = B2

NOTE: This is just an assumption score.

I believe this serves its purpose of

understanding how WAEC English Language is
being marked.

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26 Comments

Prince says:
November 22, 2023 at 4:46 am

Hi.Thanks for ur good work.But please how

marks is allowed for orals.Is it 15 or20

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Kelechi says:
June 13, 2022 at 10:53 pm

Please,basically on 2022 English language

examination,how is it marked with the 3 papers (
Objective,Oral & Theory) combined . And can
someone who fsils to write the essay in the
theory still have the hope of passing ?. Please I
need answer

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GHStudents says:
June 14, 2022 at 9:04 am

To pass very well, you need to write the

essay, failure to do so reduces your chances
of passing

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Kelechi says:
June 19, 2022 at 10:58 pm

So said the Objective and Oral parts are 40

marks and 30marks respectively instead of
80marks and 60marks, Please,is it true?

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Angie says:
April 14, 2023 at 7:11 am

It’s 15 and 20 marks. It’s quater(1/4) Mark

for every correct answer in the orals and
obj.

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Abubakar Agyeidum says:

April 6, 2022 at 1:41 pm

I’m sorry but it’s different making scheme

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Chief says:
January 4, 2022 at 6:47 am

Other sources say that 90-100 is 1

80-89 is 2. 70-79 is 3.
But you say that 75-100 is 1

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Kingsley says:
December 20, 2021 at 1:59 am

pls how many marks in all three

parts(oral,objectives and essay) I mean overall

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Sule james says:

November 10, 2021 at 7:29 am

But sir want if u score 130 in all , hw can u

calculate ur scores

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Miracle wilson says:

September 21, 2021 at 5:24 am

Thanks for the update sir

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Azielim Abubakar says:

September 14, 2021 at 7:19 am

THANK YOU SIR

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Oppong Amoah Elijah says:

September 10, 2021 at 8:24 am

Thanks but please what is the pass marks

needed in all parts i mean the orals , objective
and the Essay

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Akorli Gideon says:

September 4, 2021 at 11:41 am

13 September 2021 were have English

language let me see the question paper.

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Azielim Abubakar says:

September 14, 2021 at 7:27 am

HOW WAS THE ENGLISH

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Appiah Isaac says:

August 23, 2021 at 4:32 pm

Thanks for making me alert of that

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Tijani Samson Folorunsho says:

August 17, 2021 at 9:38 pm

I’m very delighted for percieving this

enlightening article.

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Adam says:
February 13, 2021 at 11:48 am

how many marks in all three parts?

objectived 50
essy 100
oral 30
180÷180 x100=100%
please is it right or what?

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Adam says:
February 13, 2021 at 11:31 am

please how many marks all three parts

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Adam says:
December 25, 2020 at 6:08 am

pls how many marks in all three

parts(oral,objectives and essay)

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Jkit says:
December 5, 2020 at 6:33 pm

But l heard that the summary is not converted,

how true is that? Pls confirm for me

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Salsabila ibrahim says:

November 3, 2020 at 6:14 pm

But pls at the back of the objectives that is paper

1…. Says 50marks…… And from the above was
40 marks…. And that of the orals that I know is
to be 15 marks that is to be divided 60 out of 4…
So each being one quarter and two is half
mark…. And from the above of paper 3 is 30
marks pls how… Come

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Bernard Karikari says:

January 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm

The fifty Marks is converted

By the amount u get over eighty x 50

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Joshua says:
September 1, 2021 at 11:40 am

Percentage for the orals

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Seyi says:
October 19, 2020 at 2:25 am

It is helpful. Pls can we get the complete

marking scheme of English language?

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Jonah Karagama says:

September 10, 2020 at 9:58 am

Wow,
That’s will many candidates to understand how
their WAEC script is been Marked.
Thanks a lot I appreciate it.

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Sunday Obasi says:

August 28, 2020 at 3:14 pm

Thanks alot

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