The results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates first series released by West African Examination Council shows that only 32.23 percent of the candidates who sat for examination had credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language and general Mathematics.
The breakdown of the result indicates this result were obtained by only Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Two (3,892) candidates out of the total of Twelve Thousand Seventy Five (12,075) candidates that sat the examination across various centres in Nigeria.
According to Olu Adenipekun, Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, Six Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty One (6,331) were male and Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Four (5,744) were female, representing 52 percent and 47.57 percent respectively.
Adenipekun while announcing the results in Lagos Tuesday stated that the results of Five Hundred and Forty Eight (548) candidates, representing 4.54 percent of the total candidature for the examination are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
“The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council in due course for consideration”, Adenipekun said.
Giving a breakdown of the results, Adenipekun also disclosed that 9,438 candidates, representing 78.16 percent obtained credit and above in two (2) subjects; 8,125 candidates, representing 67.29 percent obtained credit and above in three (3) subjects; 6,713 candidates, representing 55.59 percent obtained credit and above in four (4) subjects and 5,251 candidates, representing 43.49 percent obtained credit and above in five (5) subjects.
Detail of the results according to the Head of National Office further shows that Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 11,816 candidates, representing 97.86 percenthave their results fully processed and released while 259candidates, representing 2.14 percent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors traceable to the candidates in the course of registration or writing the examination. Such errors are being corrected by the Council to enable the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released subsequently.
