The results for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school applicants will be made public, according to a Monday announcement by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
Out of a total of 1,613,733 applicants who took the exam, the examination authority stated that 262,803 individuals’ results are being withheld “due to reports of incidences of examination misconduct.”
When he made the statement in Lagos, Patrick Areghan, the Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, intimated that he would soon leave the testing organisation.
Areghan also reported an increase in the percentage of applicants that passed, with 1,361,608 candidates, or 84.38 percent, earning credit or above in at least five courses, whether or not they included English Language or Mathematics.
Additionally, 1,287,920 candidates—or 79.81 percent of all applicants—obtained credits in at least five disciplines, including English Language and Mathematics, with at least one credit.
Of the 1,601,047 applicants that took the exam in 2022, 76.36 percent earned credits or above in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
At least eight states, including Niger, who have not yet paid in full for their candidates’ exam costs will have their subjects’ results withheld until they do so, according to the examination authority.
