Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the IELTS test.
IELTS frequently asked questions
You can book your IELTS test online, on the British Council Ghana website.
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You will need a valid ID card to register for IELTS. You can use your National ID or passport if you are a Ghanaian citizen. If you are not a citizen of Ghana, please use your passport to register for IELTS.
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Payment can be made online with a bank card while registering on our website.
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You can also make payment offline at any Standard Chartered Bank with your IELTS registration reference number.
Your payment should be made within two working days of your booking.
If you are unable to make payment two working days after booking your IELTS test, your registration will only be reinstated when your payment is received.
We will transfer your test to the next available date if the date you registered for is no longer available.
A confirmation email will be sent to you once registration is complete.
You will not need our account details to pay for your IELTS test because we have a British Council deposit slip at every Standard Chartered Bank in Ghana.
Complete the deposit slip at the bank by selecting the service you are paying for, filling in the details and inputting the last seven digits of your exam registration reference number.
Please make payment after that and allow a calendar day or two to receive a confirmation email.
When you take IELTS with the British Council, you can access IELTS Ready Premium, our most comprehensive IELTS preparation course, for free. Worth $60, IELTS Ready Premium includes practice tests, video tutorials and interactive exercises to help you succeed. IELTS Ready Member is our free version of IELTS Ready Premium, which you can access before you register for IELTS. Find out more about IELTS Ready Member here.
You can also access IELTS Coach for one-on-one and group classes online.
Find practice tests, video tutorials, recommended books and more to help you prepare for IELTS on our website.
You will receive a band score for each section of the IELTS test. Click here to find out how band scores are calculated.
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Please visit our Test Taker Portal to preview your IELTS band score.
- When you take IELTS on computer, your results will become available in 1-5 calendar days.
IELTS results will not be disclosed over the phone or via email. Please visit the Test Taker Portal to preview your results.
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When your IELTS results are ready, you can visit our test taker portal to request that we send your Test Report Form (TRF) directly to the institutions you are applying to. If the institution you have applied to work or study at is not on the list of organisations for you to choose from, please reach out to infoghana@gh.britishcouncil.org for assistance.
If you have taken IELTS UKVI, please email Infoghana@gh.britishcouncil.org to request an additional Test Report Form.
Institutions require original IELTS Test Report Forms as part of their application requirements.
You will be awarded an IELTS band score from 0-9 for each test section, which reflects your proficiency in English.
Your TRF shows a score for each of the four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), as well as an overall band score. You can score whole band scores (for example 5.0, 6.0, 7.0) or half band scores (e.g. 5.5, 6.5, 7.5) in each section of the test.
Organisations will usually not accept your results if they are more than two years old.
If you did not receive the score you expected, you can apply for your test to be re-marked. This is called an Enquiry on Results (EOR). You can choose which test sections you want to be re-marked and will need to request this at the test centre where you took the test.
You must apply for a re-marking no later than six weeks after the test date. Request an Enquiry on Results by visiting the link below:
Your Enquiry on Results result will normally be available in 2 to 21 days, depending on several factors including the number of sections requested for remark. If you have not received a response after 21 days, please contact your test centre.
There are no restrictions on re-taking IELTS Academic, IELTS UKVI or IELTS General Training. You can book a new test as soon as you feel you are ready to do so. However, if you achieved a PASS for IELTS UKVI Life Skills, you will not be able to retake the test until your results expire.
For IELTS on Computer, you can apply for One Skill Retake and only rewrite the sections that require improvement. Find out more about One Skill Retake here.