12th August, 2024
By Paul Dada
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) says there is a 7.6% decrease in the performance of candidates for the 2024 May/June West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) compared to that of last year.
WAEC’s Head of Nigeria Organisation, Amos Dangut, disclosed who announced this on Monday, said the results of 1,685,889 candidates, accounting for 93.9% of those who sat the examination, were released.
He said: “WAEC is releasing its results today as out of 1,805, 216 that entered for exam, 1,332, 089 candidates have credits in five subjects including any subjects with either Mathematics or English language and 1,301, 949 candidates got credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English language accounting for 72.9% of total candidates.
“This is a 7.6% decrease in examination performance compared to last year of 2023 WASSCE. Also 215, 267 results were withheld due to examination malpractice by the candidates. This accounts for 11.92% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination”.
