The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says that it withheld the results of 262,803 candidates who wrote the 2023 school candidate West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) due to reported cases of examination malpractice.
This was made known by the Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr. Patrick Areghan, at a news conference to announce the release of the results.
Areghan at the news conference said that the figure represents 16.29% of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, adding that this was 6.54% lower than the 22.83% recorded in the same diet for School Candidates in 2022.
Candidates now rely on expo
- He said, “The reasons for this are not far-fetched. Candidates are no longer ready to study, they lack self-confidence and preparations for examinations are poor. There is over-reliance on the so-called ‘Expo’, which is non-existent.
- “Candidates got frustrated when they got to the examination hall and discovered that all they had celebrated was fake. This has pitiably led to some of them failing the examination.’’
He pointed out that all reported cases were being investigated and reports of the investigations would be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for consideration and final decisions.
According to him, the committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools in due course.
- He said, “Candidates affected by these decisions can now call for redress if they so wish. This is our humble way of giving the candidates a fair hearing and thus, maintaining their fundamental human right.’’
Breakdown of results
Giving a further breakdown of the results, Areghan noted that a total of 1,621,884 candidates registered for the examination, from 20,867 recognised secondary schools in the country.
He said that out of 1,613,733 registered candidates that sat for the examination, a total of 1,476,565, representing 91.5% had their results fully processed and released.
Areghan noted that 137,168 others, representing 8.5%, had a few of their subjects still being processed, due to some shortcomings, ranging from nonchallance, lethargy, incomplete CASS upload, disobedience of rubrics, and others associated with the schools and candidates concerned.
He explained that efforts were being made to complete the resolution process, to enable all the affected candidates to speedily get their results fully processed and released within the next couple of days.
The WAEC boss spoke on the analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination.
He said it showed that out of the 1,613,733 candidates that sat the examination, a total of 1,361,608 representing 84.38%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any 5 subjects, that is, with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics.
- Areghan said, “A total of 1,287,920 candidates, representing 79.81 percent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
- “Of this number, 616,914, that is 47.9 percent, were male candidates, while 671,006, that is 52.1 percent, were female candidates.
- “The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates in 2022, that is, those who obtained credit and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 76.36 percent, thus, there is a 3.45 percent decrease in performance in this regard.’’
Speaking further, he stressed that the council would continue to sanction all cases of examination malpractice, noting that all supervisors, teachers and candidates perpetrating this evil were not helping the education system.
He warned that state governments yet to pay council registration fees for their candidates would not be able to access the results of such candidates until they pay up.
Mine is held for no reason. I didn’t engage in expo
Please weac should kindly release my 2023 weac result before the ending of this month cause that is my only hope
And am nt involve in any examination malpractice they should kindly go through my other script for confirmation
That was how they held my GCE result please did I offend the weac head office mr Patrick areghan
My 2023 weac was held I did nt involve in any examination malpractice they should kindly release my result before the ending of this month
This result is my only hope that was how my GCE exam was held also
Pls they should kindly go through my other script for confirmation nd upload my result
Pls they should nt spoil my result cause I work hard in my exam
My result is held with no reason at all, i make sure i study hard for this exam. Now i have been charged of examination malpractice. Pls i need help.
My 2023 waec exams was held and i never involved in examination malpractice i study hard to pass my exams cus i didn’t want my parents effort to be in vain my school doesn’t allow examination malpractice and they are very strict why would my result be held please 🥺 i want my waec result to be released thank you.
Sir, with due respect i plead that my withheld result should be release, because i dont partake in exam malpractice thank you.
My son’s in a boarding house with about 26 students in S S 3… 22 Students were released and 4 held what kind of witch-hunt is this?
WAEC please release the children’s results so they can proceed to university
This is irrational I did my examination my self I did not involved in any examination malpractice I needed this results so I work for the results please this results must be released or Nigerian will loose one of there children before seven days mostly Isare opin gama sch
Please u guys should release my result so dat i can upload it with my jamb
My WAEC results are being held, and I did not participate in any examination malpractice.so please I beg you in the name of the almighty Allah please and please waec please release my results please, I know always do justice in what ever you are doing, so for the sake of the almighty Allah please release my results.thank you for reading, have a great day
I write to have the office of WASSCE informed that my remaining results must be released so that I can extend my studies at a university please.Moreover, I never make any malpractices so there is no need for my results to be withheld please 🙏
My waec result has been held for no reason
please that’s my only hope
am pleading with you for the releasing of the result. 4
My result were held may to release it and get a good results