Monday February 17, 2025 | TheNewsDESK
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) private candidates 2024 2nd series taken by 65,023 candidates.
A statement signed by the acting Public Affairs of WAEC, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina and released on Sunday, February 16, said 34,878 candidates representing 53.64 % obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. She mentioned that of this number, 16,886 (48.41 per cent) were male candidates, 17,992 (51.58 per cent) were female candidates.
Adesina said out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 62,354) candidates, representing 95.90% have their results fully processed and released. She explained that 2,669 candidates, representing 4.10% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them.
The council noted that efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.
According to her, the analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 65,023 candidates that sat for the examination, 43,923 candidates representing 67.55% obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.
She further stated that 2,577 candidates’ results, representing 3.96 % of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, were withheld in connection with various allegations of examination malpractice.
”Candidates whose results were withheld are advised to visit the WAEC Notice of Examination Malpractice Portal at: https//waecinternational.org/complaints to make representations with regard to allegations bordering on examination malpractice,” Adesina said.
The public affairs added that reported cases would be investigated including exhibits obtained, alongside candidates’ representations lodged on the portal.
“These will be evaluated and reports presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination. The Committee’s decision(s) will be communicated directly to the affected candidates.”
The council advised candidates to check their results by visiting www.waecdirect.org to ascertain their status before visiting the Digital Certificate platform (www.waec.org) to access the digital copies of their certificates, which have been released along with the results.
