The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates.
Briefing journalists in Lagos yesterday, the head of national office of the council, Mr. Olu Adenipekun said out of 94,884 candidates who wrote the examination, 16, 873 candidates representing 50.66 per cent were females while 16, 431 representing 49.34 per cent were males.
Out of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, Adenipekun said 33,304 representing 35.10 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including Mathematics and English language .
He also said 49, 679 candidates representing 52.36 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects – with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.
Out of the number, he said 24, 354 (49.02per cent) were males while 25,325 (50.98 per cent) were females.
Out of the total number of candidates, Adenipekun said 91,225 representing 96.14 per cent had their results fully processed and released while 3,659 candidates representing 3.86 per cent, had a few of their subjects still being processed and would be released in a week’s time.
He also said 9,457 (9.74 per cent) of the total number of candidates were reported to have been involved in one form of examination malpractice or the other.
“Their cases will be presented to the appropriate committee of council and the decision of the council on their cases will be communicated to the affected candidates within the shortest possible time,” he added.
Adenipekun also said out of a total of 110 candidates with varying degrees of special needs who registered for the examination, 38 were visually impaired, 15 had impaired hearing, 12 had low vision, three were spastic cum mentally challenged, while eight were physically challenged.
“All these candidates with special needs were adequately provided for in the administration of the examination; their results have been fully processed and released along with those of other candidates,” he said.
However, he expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of candidates in the examination.
He said the council would make its e-learning portal richer so that candidates could have access to resources that would improve performance.
He also said the council would liaise with the ministry of education to ensure that teachers and students gain in its rich experience.
He said candidates could check the details of their performance on its results website.
“The result checker PIN and serial number needed by candidate’s Smart identity card used during the conduct of the examination.
“The council in Nigeria has perfected its Electronic Certificate Management System (ECMS), an online portal being deployed to enable private candidates request for their certificates online,” he added.
