The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of 215,267 candidates from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This represents 11.92 percent of the 1,805,216 candidates who participated in the exam.
The 2024 WASSCE began on April 30, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024.
In a statement made on Monday, Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of the Nigeria Office at WAEC, explained that the results were withheld due to various instances of examination malpractice.
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He noted that this figure is 4.37 percent lower than the 16.29 percent of withheld results recorded in the 2023 WASSCE for School Candidates.
Dangut emphasized that WAEC remains committed to addressing and penalizing examination malpractice, underscoring that schools, supervisors, teachers, and candidates involved in such activities are undermining the integrity of the educational system.
He said, “The increasing use of mobile phones in the examination hall, despite the existing ban, and organised cheating in some schools, are other nagging issues. All the cases are being investigated, and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council for consideration and final decisions.”
He added, “The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools in due course. Candidates affected by these decisions can now seek redress for their malpractice cases via our website if they so wish. All hands must, therefore, be on deck to sanitise the system.”
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Dr. Dangut also disclosed that 73.79 percent of candidates achieved credit or higher in at least five subjects, regardless of whether they included English Language and/or Mathematics. This amounts to 1,332,089 out of the 1,805,216 candidates who sat for the examination.
He further encouraged candidates, stating, “As WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 results are being uploaded on the results website, candidates should, after checking their results online, apply for their Digital Certificates, which will be released 48 hours thereafter.”
He added, “Candidates who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council can access their results on the Council’s results website within the next 12 hours. Copies of the Result Listing will be sent to schools shortly.”
