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The West African Examinations Council, on Monday, announced that it withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria.

The Council said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

The Head of WAEC Nigeria, Patrick Areghan, made this know at a briefing in Lagos while announcing the official release of the results of this year’s WASSCE.

He said, “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. 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.”

https://punchng.com/breaking-waec-withholds-ssce-results-of-215149-candidates/

oga ooo Africa and problem

Even d ones dey didnt withhold do exam malpractice.


Naija levels.

What a bad news for anyone that has written jamb with an awaiting result

SweetyZinta:
What a bad news for anyone that has written jamb with an awaiting result

they can use their neco

I knew it

thats normal na.....inspector fash is on those withheld results

It is very much expected from Waec.

Aliyu10562:
they can use their neco

OK, that is great news

v

Sparogatively, when WAEC withhold's a result, the reason why it was withheld should be stated, thereby creating room for how to appeal! They shouldn't go with their most popular cover up 'it's a case of malpractice!'

If it's missing script; sate it that way! If it's wrong name or candidate's number; state it so! Stop jumbling everything into 'examination malpractice' or cause innocent people suffer for the sins of others.

WAEC withholds results with impunity! That atimes I wonder if Withheld is the relatively unknown but ever present grading style.

Only releasing these results if their victims know the internal 'workings', or after their supposed investigations that may take eternity, leaves me the more frustrated with West Africa!

Nigeria
...well, if I've not lost hope already then it means it's remaining only 1 bar

Withhold wetin again. Wetin neva sure for people wey write am u still withhold dere Pandemic results...

For say Na WAEC be NCDC dem go dey withhold Covid 19 results...

INEC no withhold results reach WAEC Sef...

Let them use it to build house.

For those ones that were watching BIG BROTHER NIGERIA throughout their exams period, while their parents are asleep,
it's time to get your ICONIC and WAYA result.
As you lay your bed, so you will lie on it!
Dem no dey telli person....

Wetin come happen now

90% na for benefit boys

Very good


Those unserious benefit boys should come back next year come do their Waec

Aliyu10562:
they can use their neco

Neco wey dem Neva know when dem go write finish

Africa which way Nigeria sef

After using your money to write exams even if u that doesn't guarantee you ission into higher institution from higher institution to get work wahala chaiii

How many people now wrote the exams

Ok

Okay

Aliyu10562:
they can use their neco

they haven't written neco naw

You people shouldn't fail this children abeg. It's not really their fault.