By our Reporter
The result of West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates, otherwise known as General Certificate Examination has been announced.
WAEC said a total of 48.61 per cent of the total number of candidates that took part in the examination secured credits in five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.
On Monday, the head of Nigeria’s office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, said the examination was written from November 12, 2021, to Wednesday, December 22, 2021 by a total of 51,444 candidates out of 52, 973 registered candidates.
He said: “25,008 candidates representing 48.61 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, of this number, 12, 272 were male candidates, while 12,736 were female candidates.”
He added that there is an encouraging 8.79 per cent improvement in performance in the last examination.
Meanwhile, Mr Areghan said the non-availability of the National Identification Number (NIN) will not stop candidates from sitting for the May/June 2021 examination.
Giving a further breakdown of the results, the HNO said among the total number of candidates were 131 with varying degrees of special needs. He said their results have also been processed and are being released along with those of other candidates.
He said out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 49,584 candidates, representing 96.38 per cent, have their results fully processed and released while 1,860 candidates, representing 3.62 per cent, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to “some errors on the part of the candidates.”
He, however, said efforts are being made to release their results.