The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The head of the national office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, said in a statement that a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination.
Areghan said 1,338,348 candidates representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects – with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.
He also stated that 1,003,668 candidates representing 65.24 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Of this number 497,139 i. e. 49.53 per cent were male candidates, while 506,529 i.e. 50.47 per cent 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 subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 64.18%. Thus, there is a marginal 1.06% improvement in performance in this regard.”
He said the “certificates of candidates whose results have been fully processed and released will be ready within the next 90 days, counting from today.”
Meanwhile, Areghan said the council withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the examination.
He said the results of the candidates representing 13.98 per cent of the total number of candidates who wrote 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 for determination in due course. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.”
“81,718 candidates, representing 5.31 per cent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.
Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released, subsequently,” he said.
