BREAKING: WAEC Release 2020 SSCE Results, withholds results of 215,149 candidates

 

Results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination was on Monday release by the West African Examinations Council. Head of the National office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination.

Mr. Areghan, made this know at a briefing in Lagos while announcing the official release of the results of this year’s WASSCE.

According to Areghan 1,338,348 candidates representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.

He said 1,003,668 candidates representing 65.24 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

 

He also said that the results of 215,149 candidates, representing 13.98 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld.

“A total of 1,549,740 candidates registered for the examination from 19,129 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria. Of the number that registered for the examination, 1,538,445 candidates sat the examination.

He further added that “These cases are being investigated and reports 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,” Areghan added.

He further explained that “the analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out of the 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination, 1,338,348 candidates, representing 86.99%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics;

“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.”

Areghan noted that the “certificates of candidates whose results have been fully processed and released will be ready within the next 90 days, counting from today.”