By Jonathan Okpanachi
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has formally released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) results.
This was stated by the head of WAEC in Nigeria, Mr Amos Dangut, said that the results of 1,685,889 candidates, accounting for 93.9%, were released.
Quoting him, “WAEC is releasing its results today as out of 1,805, 216 that entered for exam, 1,332, 089 candidates have credits in five subjects, including any subjects with either Mathematics or English language, and 1,301, 949 candidates got credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English language accounting for 72.9% of total candidates.
“This is a 7.6% decrease in examination performance compared to last year of 2023 WASSCE. Also 215, 267 results were withheld due to examination malpractice by the candidates. This accounts for 11.92% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination.”
