The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has released the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2023First Series.
The examination was conducted in Nigeria between Tuesday, January 31, 2023, and Friday, February 17, 2023.
A statement signed by the council’s Head of National Office (HNO) in Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan, states that, “Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, EIGHT THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE (8,253) candidates, representing 98.87% have their results fully processed and released while NINETY-FIVE (95) candidates, representing 1.13% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates. ”
He said efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.
An aanalysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the EIGHT THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT (8,348) candidates that sat the examination: TWO THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY (2,960) candidates representing 35.46% obtained credit and above in a minimum of FIVE (5) subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics), while TWO THOUSAND AND THREE (2,003) candidates representing 23.99% obtained credit and above in a minimum of FIVE (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
*The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2021 and 2022 First Series, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 30.11% and 26.32% respectively. Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 2.33% in performance in this regard.
“This analysis, however, cannot be compared with that of the WASSCE for School Candidates. Whereas the candidate in the WASSCE for School Candidates Examination is compelled to sit eight or nine subjects, the candidate in the WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination, though can register for eight or nine subjects, is not compelled to take all. He/she is free to sit, even one subject, depending on the deficiency he/she wants to remedy.
“For him/her, therefore, the examination is only a remedial one a remedy for an existing deficiency. From the above, it will not be true or fair to say that the performance in this examination has dwindled,” he explained.
The HNO went on to disclise that the results of FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN (413) candidates, representing 4.95% of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
” The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination in due course. The Committees decisions will be communicated directly to the affected candidates, thereafter.”
He advised Candidates who sat the examination to visit www.waecdirect.org to check their results.