By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially released the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) results.
Mr Amos Dangut, Head of the examination body in Nigeria made the disclosure on Monday.
He said that results of 1,685,889 candidates, accounting for 93.9% were released.
“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”, Dangut said.
