WAEC releases private candidates' WASSCE results | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
16th November 2019
The results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2019-Second Series was on Friday released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
The examination took place in the five member countries of the Council from 29th August, 2019 to 2nd October, 2019.
According to the Head of National Office of WAEC, Olu Adenipekun, the Coordination of Examiners and Marking of Candidates’ Scripts took place at 10 Venues in Nigeria. In addition, two venues were used for the electronic marking of three (3) essay papers which included Economics 2, Commerce 2 and Civic Education 2.
A total ofNinety Seven Thousand and Eighty (97,080) candidates registered for theexamination in Nigeria, out of which Ninety Four Thousand Eight Hundred andEighty Four (94,884) candidates sat the examination.
Among them were a total of One Hundred and Ten (110) candidates with varying degrees of special needs registered for the examination.
Out of this number, Thirty Eight (38) were visually challenged; Fifteen (15) had impaired hearing; Twelve (12) had low vision; Three (3) were spastic cum mentally challenged, and Eight (8) were physically challenged.
Mr Adenipekun revealed that all these candidates with special needs were adequately provided for in the administration of the examination and their results had been equally released.
Of the total number of candidates that sat the examination in Nigeria, Forty Seven Two Hundred and Thirty Seven (47,237) were male while Forty Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Seven (47,647) were female, representing 49.78% and 50.22% respectively.
Out of thetotal number of candidates that sat the examination, Ninety One Thousand TwoHundred and Twenty Five (91,225) candidates, representing 96.14% have theirresults fully processed and released while Three Thousand Six Hundred and FiftyNine (3,659) candidates representing 3.86% have a few of their subjects stillbeing processed. Such results will however be speedily processed and releasedwithin the next one week.
From thetotal number of candidates who sat for the exams, Forty Nine Thousand SixHundred and Seventy Nine (49,679) candidates representing 52.36% obtainedcredit and above in a minimum of any five (5) subjects (with or without EnglishLanguage and/or Mathematics; out of which Twenty Four Thousand Three Hundredand Fifty Four (24,354) were male and Twenty Five Thousand Three Hundred andTwenty Five (25,325) were female representing 49.02% and 50.98% respectively.
Also,Thirty Three Thousand Three Hundred and Four (33,304) candidates representing35.10% obtained credits and above in minimum of five (5) subjects includingEnglish Language and Mathematics; Out of which Sixteen Thousand Four Hundredand Thirty One (16, 431) were male and Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred andSeventy Three (16, 873) were female representing 49.34% and 50.66%respectively.
NineThousand Four Hundred and Fifty Seven (9,457) candidates were reported to havebeen involved in one form of examination malpractice or the other. This numberrepresents 9.74% of the total candidature for the examination. Their cases willbe presented to the appropriate Committee of Council and the decision of theCouncil on their cases will be communicated to the affected candidates withinthe shortest possible time.
Candidateswho sat the examination are now free to check the details of their performanceon the Council’s results website: www.waecdirect.org.  The Result Checker PIN and Serial Numberneeded by candidates to check their results online are contained on thecandidate’s Smart Identity Card used during the conduct of theexamination.