The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that 73.79 percent of candidates achieved credit or higher in at least five subjects, with or without including English Language and Mathematics.
During a press briefing on Monday regarding the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results, Dr. Amos Dangut, the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria Office, revealed that the results of 215,267 candidates—equivalent to 11.92 percent of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the exam—were withheld.
The 2024 examination took place over a span of seven weeks and six days, from April 30 to June 24, nationwide.
Dr. Dangut noted that 1,301,941 candidates, or 72.12 percent, secured credits or higher in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
He stated that out of the 1,685,889 candidates who took the examination in Nigeria, 93.39 percent had their results completely processed and released, while 119,327 candidates, or 6.61 percent, had one or more of their subjects still pending due to ongoing resolution of certain issues.
Dangut further mentioned that WAEC had withheld the results of 215,267 candidates, which amounts to 11.92 percent of the total 1,805,216 candidates who participated in the exam.
He explained that the results were being withheld due to various reported incidents of examination malpractice.
The percentage of withheld results in 2024 was 4.37% lower compared to the 16.29% reported for school candidates in the 2023 WASSCE.
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“The increasing use of cell phones in the examination hall, despite the existing ban, and organised cheating in some schools are other nagging issues.
“All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for consideration and final decisions.
“The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools, in due course. Candidates affected by these decisions can now call for redress of their malpractice cases if they so wish via our website.”
The test was administered across four WAEC member nations: Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
During the briefing, Dangut expressed frustration over the fact that some states still owed money to the council, noting that the results for candidates from these states would remain withheld until the debts were settled.
“I need not restate the fact that the results of candidates sponsored by states indebted to the council will not be released now until payment is made.
“We appeal to the concerned to do so to enable the affected schools/candidates to access their results,” he said.
