The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday announced the release of results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2023–second series.
WAEC in statement said the examination was conducted in Nigeria between Friday, October 27, 2023 and Wednesday, December 20, 2023. The Coordination of examiners and marking of candidates’ scripts were carried out at seven marking venues in Lagos, Ibadan, Akure, Benin, Enugu, Uyo, and Kaduna from Tuesday, January 16, to Tuesday, January 30, 2024.
The statement signed by the acting Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina said 4,162 examiners participated in the coordination and marking exercise.
According to her, 85,600) candidates, representing 10.07% increase, compared with the 2022 entry figure of 77,768, entered for the examination, while 80,904 candidates sat the examination at 568 centres spread across the nooks and crannies of the country.
Amongst the candidates that sat the examination, 211 candidates, with varying degrees of special needs, were
registered for the examination. Out of this number 33 were visually challenged, 21 had impaired hearing and 30 were Albino.
“Of the total number of 80,904 candidates that sat the examination, 39,790 were males while 41,114 were females, representing 49.18% and 50.82%, respectively.
“Out of the number of candidates that sat the examination, 78,419 candidates, representing 96.93% have their results fully processed and released while 2,485 candidates, representing 3.07% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them,” she noted.
She explained that efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, soon.
Adesina said the analysis of the performance of the candidates showed that out of the 80,904 candidates that
sat the examination; 46,267 candidates representing 57.19% obtained credit and above in five subjects, with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; 35,830 candidates representing 44.29% obtained credit and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
She added: “Of this number,17,631 i.e. 49.21% were male candidates, while 18,199 i.e.50.79% were female candidates.
The image maker noted that the percentage of candidates in this category in WASSCE for private candidates, 2021 and 2022 –second series, that is, those who obtained credit and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 48.61% and 42.16% respectively. Thus, there is a marginal increase of 2.13% in performance in this regard.
Adesina observed that this analysis, however, cannot be compared with that of WASSCE for school candidates. Whereas the candidates in WASSCE for school candidates are compelled to sit for eight or nine subjects, the candidates in WASSCE for private candidates, though can register for eight or nine subjects, are not compelled to
take all.
“They are free to sit, even one subject, depending on the deficiency they want to remedy. For them, therefore, the examination is only a remedial one – a remedy for an existing deficiency. From the above, it will not be true or fair to
say that the performance in this examination has dwindled,” the image maker added.
She did listed that the results of 7,192 candidates, representing 8.89% of the candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice. The public affairs said the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the
council for consideration, adding, “the committee’s decisions will be communicated directly to the affected candidates.”
She said candidates can check their results by visiting www.waecdirect.org and ascertain their status before visiting the Digital Certificate platform (www.waec.org) to access the digital copies of their certificates, which have been
released along with their results.
Adesina stated:”Candidates may also be required to apply for the printing of the hard copies of their certificates, online, through the WAEC Certificate Request Portal (e-Certman) website: https://certrequest.waec.ng/.