The last weeks before the WASSCE need an order. Use the 8 week table when you have about two months. Use the 4 week table when the sitting is closer. Move a subject earlier if it is the first paper on the timetable for your series. This is a study plan, not a promise of a grade.
Official dates live on WAEC
This WASSCE plan is a study order. It is not the exam timetable, and it is not a fee list. WAEC Ghana publishes the dates. GLearn does not set them, does not charge a WAEC fee, and does not publish a pass rate. School candidates and private candidates are not always on the same WASSCE file, so read the file for your series. Open the timetable guide, then the file on the WAEC site, before you lock the last week.
An 8 week plan
The cores first, then the electives you are entered for, then a clock. School and private candidates follow the file for their own series.
| Week | Subjects | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | English Language | Open the WASSCE syllabus and list the English topics. Answer past questions with no clock. Write the topic beside every question you miss. |
| Week 2 | Core Mathematics | Work each question on paper before you look at the answer. Have the written answer marked, then keep a list of the topics that cost you marks. |
| Week 3 | Integrated Science | Stay on Integrated Science for the week. Read the explanation the same day you miss a question. Do not save a pile of explanations for later. |
| Week 4 | Social Studies | Use the same method as Integrated Science. A credit in both cores still matters. The university admission guide explains which one a programme counts in the six grades, and that the other credit can still be required. |
| Week 5 | Your electives | Work the electives you are entered for, one at a time. A strong grade in a subject the programme will not count does not repair a weak grade in one it will. If you are not sure which three count, read the university admission guide. |
| Week 6 | Timed cores | Return to English Language and Core Mathematics with a clock, then Integrated Science and Social Studies. Set the time before you start and stop when it ends. |
| Week 7 | Timed electives and the earliest paper | Time the electives. Open the WASSCE timetable for your series. School candidates and private candidates are not always on the same file. Give the earliest paper the largest share of the week. |
| Week 8 | Review only | No new topic. A short timed set in the morning, a look at the misses, then stop. Sleep is part of the plan. |
A 4 week plan
The same subjects, pressed into four weeks. Use this when your series is close. Do not add a new topic in the last days.
| Week | Subjects | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | English Language and Core Mathematics | Two days on each subject. The first day has no clock. The second day uses a clock. Mark every written answer before you switch. |
| Week 2 | Integrated Science and Social Studies | Same split as week 1. Keep a credit in mind for both, then check which one your programmes put in the six grades. |
| Week 3 | Your electives, then the cores | Cover the electives you are entered for. End the week with one timed mix of English Language, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science and Social Studies. |
| Week 4 | The earliest paper, then misses only | Read the timetable file for your series and revise the paper that comes first. In the last days, do not open a topic you have never studied. |
A daily routine
Keep the routine smaller than your ambition. Five moves are enough for a school day.
1. Keep one hour
Sit at the same time when you can. A short session you repeat beats a long one you skip.
2. Start with the weak subject
Begin with the subject you miss most. Once the timetable is out, begin with the paper that comes first.
3. Answer before you read
Do a set of past questions before you open an explanation. Looking first teaches you to recognise the answer, not to find it.
4. Write one theory answer
Write it in full and have it marked the same day. Read the points that were missing, not only the total.
5. Close with one line
Write the one thing to fix tomorrow, then stop. A rest day is part of the plan, not a day you failed.
Past questions and a clock
A past question trains the topic and the way the paper asks. Answer it before you read the explanation. Nobody can promise that the same question will return.
Start with no clock, so you can think the topic through. Add a clock only after you have tried that topic. Timing a topic you have never studied only tells you that the time ran out.
When you mark a set, sort the misses. A careless slip and a topic you do not know are different jobs. Read a short explanation of the topic, then try a fresh question on it.
The length of a real paper is on the WAEC Ghana timetable, not on this page. Use that length once you are ready to time a full set. If this page and the official file disagree, follow the file.
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