The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, results.
The exam body disclosed this in a Monday post on X.
The post read, “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for school candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 12, 2024.”
The 2024 WASSCE was held for a period of seven weeks and six days spanning April 30 to June 24.
A total of 1,814,736 candidates registered for the examination from 25,126 secondary schools across Nigeria.
Of this number, 1,805,216 candidates sat the examination.
Out of the total number of candidates that sat the exam in Nigeria, 1,685,889 candidates (93.39 percent) have all their papers processed and released while 119,327 candidates (representing 6.61 percent) have some subjects still being processed.
Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC Nigeria, said the results of 215,267 candidates (representing 11.92 percent of the total) are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
This, the council said, amounts to a 4.37 percent decrease from the 16.29 percent recorded in the 2023 WASSCE for school candidates.
A performance analysis shows that 1,332,089 candidates (representing 73.79 percent) obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English and/or Mathematics).
A total of 1,301,941 candidates (representing 72.12 percent) obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
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