WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results

Exams simultaneous in Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr. Patrick E. Areghan has announced the release of results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2020.

According to Areghan, a total of 1,549,740 candidates registered for the examination from 19,129 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria out of which 1,538,445 candidates sat the examination.

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Also, a total of 4,280 candidates with varying degrees of special needs were registered for the examination out of which 230 were visually challenged, 745 had impaired hearing; 2,852 had low vision; 38 were spastic cum mentally challenged, and 58 were physically challenged.

The examination was also administered to candidates from some schools in Benin Republic, Cote d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea where the Nigeria curriculum for Senior Secondary School is being used.

Remarkably, the examination was also conducted in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, the first time since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in the area by insurgents, six years ago.

Of the total 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination, 780,660 were males while 757,785 were females, representing 50.74percent and 49.26percent, respectively.

Also, out of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, 1,456,727 candidates, representing 94.69percent have their results fully processed and released while 81,718 candidates, representing 5.31percent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.

The HNO assured that efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.

Analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination showed that out of the 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination, 1,338,348 representing 86.99percent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; while 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24percent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

Of this number, 497,139 (49.53percent) were male candidates, while 506,529 (50.47percent) were female candidates.

The percentage of candidates who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects including Maths and English in 2019 was 64.18percent, recording a marginal 1.06percent improvement in performance this year.

Areghan disclosed that the results of 215,149 candidates, representing 13.98percent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

He however noted that 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 as the Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.

DailyTrust reports that the results are being uploaded on the results website, therefore, candidates who sat for the examination and who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council can access their performance on the Council’s results website: www.waecdirect.org.

The Result Checker PIN and Serial Number required by candidates to check their results online are contained on the Candidate’s Smart Identity Card used during the conduct of the examination.

It would be recalled that the examination, which was earlier scheduled to commence on April 6, 2020, could not hold as a result of the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 pandemic.

However, after much discussions with relevant authorities, the examination finally commenced on August 17, 2020, and ended on 12th September 12, 2020, spanning a period of four weeks.

The examination was simultaneously conducted throughout the five-member countries including Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

The Coordination of examiners and marking of candidates’ scripts took place at 84 marking venues throughout the country where a total of 78,799 examiners participated in the coordination and marking exercise.