The results of 215,267 candidates for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination have been withheld by the West African Examinations Council.
This number corresponds to 11.92 percent of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the examination.
The 2024 WASSCE commenced on Tuesday, 30th April 2024, and concluded on 24th June 2024.
Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of WAEC’s Nigeria Office, said in a Monday speech that the results of the 2024 WASSCE had been withheld due to many incidences of examination malpractices that has been reported.
He clarified that the figure was 4.37 percent less than the 16.29% found in the 2023 WASSCE for School Candidates.
Dangut emphasised that all incidences of examination misconduct will remain sanctioned by the Council, pointing out that the educational system was being undermined by schools, supervisors, teachers, and candidates engaged in such actions.
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.”
Dr. Dangut further disclosed that, with or without English language and/or mathematics, 73.79 percent of candidates received credit or above in a minimum of five subjects. Out of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the examination, this number corresponds to 1,332,089 candidates.
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.”
The examination was conducted in four WAEC member countries: Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
