Direct answer

The index is WAEC’s candidate ID (commonly 10 digits for Ghana school candidates). It is not your phone number and not the checker serial.

WASSCE — Ghana 2026

Written for parents typing in a hurry. Buy authorised checkers on Ewale *714*22# when you need a voucher. Check only on WAEC’s official portals.

Vital context for “WASSCE index number format”

Admission notices and school lists carry the index. Centre codes are separate. Mixing them causes invalid candidate.

WASSCE checker facts that actually matter

School WASSCE results are checked on ghana.waecdirect.org with index number + Serial + PIN (Ewale WASSCE vouchers use a 12-digit PIN). Select WASSCE (School) unless you were registered as private. BECE’s eresults site will not show school WASSCE grades.

Grades run A1 (best) to F9. Many tertiary programmes look at three cores + three electives (English and Core Maths almost always sit in the core set). A checker does not print a certificate — it prints a results slip. Keep three uses for you, a parent, and an admission upload.

Buy a WASSCE checker on Ewale

  1. Dial *714*22# → 5 → 2 WASSCE / Nov-Dec.
  2. Pay with MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash, or AT Money.
  3. SMS: Serial + 12-digit PIN. Check on ghana.waecdirect.org.

Advice that actually helps

Photograph the admission notice. Highlight the index. If lost, school first. Fake “index generators” steal MoMo.

The expensive mistake: Using BECE index for WASSCE.

After the grades are on the screen

Name on slip must match. If not, stop.

  • No spaces.
  • Correct year.
  • Private index from private registration slip.

Protect the child and the voucher

  • Do not paste Serial + PIN in a class or church group.
  • Do not pay a site that is not ghana.waecdirect.org (or the matching official WAEC Ghana property).
  • Do not buy a second voucher until you have re-typed the first SMS and confirmed the exam type and year.
  • Schools should not harvest student PINs “for the office file.” The three uses belong to the candidate.

Stuck after a real debit? Ewale support with the MoMo reference. WAEC grading disputes go to WAEC Ghana, not Ewale.

FAQ — WASSCE index number format

Same index as JHS?

No. New registration for SHS WASSCE.

Can Ewale recover index?

No.

10 digits or more?

Use exactly what the school/WAEC printed for that sitting.

Related Education guides

Buy the checker when you are ready

For WASSCE index number format, keep *714*22# saved. Results day is a bad time to stand in a Ghana Post queue. Official portal, three uses, save the PDF, then decide the next academic step with a calm adult in the room.