The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Friday released its 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.
The head of national office of the examination body, Mr. Olu Adenipekun Out of the 1,590,173 candidates who registered and sat for the exam, 64.18 per cent of the candidates obtained five credits in English Language and Mathematics.
This shows a 14.18 per cent increase from 50 per cent of 2018.
WAEC’s head of Nigeria national office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, who announced this at a briefing on Friday at the Council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos, also said the results of 180,205 candidates, representing 11.33 per cent were being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
He said the cases of those alleged to have engaged in examination malpractice were being investigated.
Adenipekun said reports of the investigations would be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council in due course.
A breakdown of the results shows that “of the total number of 1, 590, 173 candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, 822,098 were males while 768,075 were females, representing 51.70 per cent and 48.30 per cent respectively.
“Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, 1,468,071 candidates, representing 92.32 per cent have their results fully processed and released while 122,102 candidates representing 7.68 per cent have a few of their subjects still being processed.
“Efforts are however, being made to speedily complete the processing and all the affected candidates will get their results fully processed and released subsequently.
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out of 1,590,173) candidates that sat the examination, 1,309,570 candidates representing 82.35 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects, that is with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics.
“One Million and Twenty Thousand Five Hundred and Nineteen (1,020,519) candidates representing 64.18 per cent obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics. Of this number, 507,862 (49.77 per cent& were male candidates, and 512,657 (50.23per cent) were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2018 was 50 per cent
“The results of 180,205 candidates, representing 11.33 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat 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. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.
“The details of the results are already available online, and candidates who sat the examination and who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council are free to check the details of their performance on the Council’s results website.”
Adenipekun also disclosed that a total of 1,918 candidates with varying degrees of special needs were registered for the examination.
“Out of this number, 299 were visually challenged, 842 had impaired hearing; 158 had low vision; 75 were spastic cum mentally challenged, and 85 were physically challenged. All these candidates with special needs were adequately provided for in the administration of the examination.
“The results of these candidates have been processed and released along with other candidates,” he added.
