215,419 WASSCE candidates who wrote the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria have had their results being withheld by the examination body.
Patrick Areghan, head of WAEC Nigeria made the announcement during a press briefing in Lagos just this morning.
As detailed by Mr Areghna, the candidates whose results have been withheld represents 13.98 per cent of the total number of candidates who took part in the exams.
According to the WAEC official, the results of these unfortunate students are being investigated over various cases of examination malpractices.
“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% 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 also added that
1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number 497,139 i. e. 49.53% were male candidates, while 506,529 i.e. 50.47% 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.
Source: Gossips24.com
