Monday, February 17, 2025 - The West African Examinations Council 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.
WAEC disclosed that the examination took place in Nigeria between
Friday, October 25, 2024, and Friday, December 20, 2024, while coordination of
examiners and marking of candidates’ scripts were carried out at five marking
venues in Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Enugu and Kaduna from Wednesday, January 15, to
Tuesday, February 4, 2025.
The statement added that a total of 3,327) examiners participated
in the coordination and marking exercise.
Recall that the council announced that WASSCE for private candidates,
2024–second series would be conducted in two modes, for the first time, in line
with emerging best practices and the continuous quest for excellence.
“The examination diet was conducted in those two modes, the paper and
pen option and by computer-based hybrid mode, and candidates sat for the
examination based on the option they chose during registration,” she noted.
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