WASSCE Withholds result of some candidates.
The West African Examinations Council WAEC has withheld the results of 215,267 applicants who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
This percentage reflects 11.92% of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the exam.
Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of the WAEC Nigeria Office, announced on Monday that the 2024 WASSCE results were withheld due to multiple documented incidences of test malpractice.
He explained that this statistic was 4.37 percent lower than the 16.29 percent achieved in the WASSCE for School Candidates in 2023.
Dangut emphasized that the Council will continue to discipline all examples of test malpractice, stating that schools, supervisors, teachers, and candidates who engaged in such tactics were damaging the educational system.
He stated, “The rising usage of mobile phones in the test hall, despite the current restriction, and organized cheating in some schools are other bothersome issues. All of the incidents are being investigated, and the findings will be given to the appropriate Council committee for review and final determination.”
He added, “The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates via their respective schools in due course.” Candidates harmed by these rulings can now seek recourse for their malpractice claims through our website if they so desire. All hands must be on deck to sanitize the system.”
Dr. Dangut further disclosed that 73.79 percent of candidates received credit or above in at least five disciplines, with or without English Language and/or Math. This figure represents 1,332,089 candidates out of a total of 1,805,216 who took the exam.
He further encouraged the candidates by saying, “As WASSCE 2024 results are being released on the results website, candidates should, after verifying their results online, apply for their Digital Certificates, which will be released 48 hours thereafter.”
He continued, “Candidates who have met their financial requirements to the Council will be able to view their results on the Council’s results website within the following 12 hours. Copies of the Results Listing will be distributed to schools shortly.”
The examination took place in four WAEC member countries: Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
The 2024 WASSCE began on Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 and ended on June 24th, 2024.
