- West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of one million, three hundred and nine thousand, five hundred and seventy (1,309,570) candidates representing 82.35% obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects with or without English Language and Mathematics.
West African Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed that a total of one million, three hundred and nine thousand, five hundred and seventy (1,309,570) candidates representing 82.35% obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects with or without English Language and Mathematics.
Head of the Nigeria National Office of the Council, Olu Adenipekun stated this at a Press Briefing to announce the release of the result of the Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the school candidates 2019, on Friday at WAEC National office, Yaba, Lagos.
“One Million Three Hundred and nine Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy (1,309,570) candidates representing 82.35% obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects with or without English Language and Mathematics,” he said.
Giving more statistics, he stated “A total of One Million, Five Hundred and Ninety Six Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty One (1,596,161) candidates registered for the examination from Eighteen Thousand six Hundred and Thirty Nine (18,639} recognised secondary 89110013 in Nigeria.
“Of the number that registered for the examination, One Million Five Hundred and Ninety Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Three (1,590,173) candidates sat the examination.”
He also disclosed that the examination body is also spreading its tentackles to other African countries. “The examination was also administered to candidates from some schools in Benin Republic, Cote d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea where the Nigeria curriculum for the Senior Secondary School were in use.”
He stated that candidates with varying degrees of special needs were also registered for the examination
“I also wish to report that a total of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen (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, according to Adenipekun, have been processed and released along With other candidates.
He also revealed that of the total number of One Million Five Hundred and Ninety Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Three (1,590,173) candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, Eight Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand and Ninety Eight (822,098) were male while Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand and Seventy Five (768,075) were female, representing 51.70% and 48.30% respectively.
Speaking further he said that out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, one Million Four Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand and Seventy One (1,468,071) candidates representing 92.32% have their results fully processed and released while One Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand One Hundred and Two (122,102) candidates representing 7.68% have a few of their subjects still being processed.
Adenipekun said 1,020,519 candidates representing 64.18% obtained credits and above in minimum of five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics and of this number, Five Hundred and Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Two (507,862) representing 49.77% were male candidates, and Five Hundred and Twelve Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Seven (512,657) that is 50.23% were female candidates.
He stated that the percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School candidates, 2018 was 50%.
The results of One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Two Hundred and Five (180,205) candidates, representing 11.33% 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 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: www.waecdirect.org. The Result Checker PIN and Serial Number needed by candidates to check their results online are contained on the candidate’s Smart Identity Card used during the conduct of the examination.
He said Certificates of candidates whose results have been fully processed and released will be ready within the next 90 days from the day of release of the results.
