The results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination taken between August 17, 2020 and Saturday, September 12, has been withheld by the examination body.
Similarly, 1,338,348 candidates whose results were released passed with five credits and above. Of that number, “497,139 i.e. 49.53% were male candidates, while 506,529 i.e. 50.47% were female candidates.“
WAEC revealed that the 215,149 candidates who had their results withheld are under investigation for various reported cases of examination malpractices.
Speaking on the development, the Head of WAEC Nigeria, Patrick Areghan who spoke on Monday, 2nd November in Lagos noted that, “The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination in due course. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.”
He added that 1,338,348 candidates, representing 86.99%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics; while 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
In his words, “The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out of the 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination,
“1,338,348 candidates, representing 86.99%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics;
“1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number 497,139 i. e. 49.53% were male candidates, while 506,529 i.e. 50.47% were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2019, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 64.18%. Thus, there is a marginal 1.06% improvement in performance in this regard.”
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