The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that it withheld 7,192 results of candidates, who wrote the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates across Nigeria for various cases of examination malpractice.
WAEC had released the results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private.
It had said that out of the total number of 80,904 candidates that sat the examination, 39,790 were males while 41,114 were females, representing 49.18% and 50.82%, respectively.
A statement signed by the acting Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola F. Adesina, for the Head of the National Office on Tuesday evening, said the seized results represent 8.89% of the total number of candidates that sat the examination.
According to the statement, the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations would be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for consideration.
It noted, however, that the Committee’s decisions will be communicated directly to the affected candidates at the end of its investigations.
According to the statement, “Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 78,419 candidates, representing 96.93% have their results fully processed and released while 2,485 candidates, representing 3.07% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them.
“However, efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, soon.”
It said 46,267 candidates representing 57.19% obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics).
Also, according to the examination body, 35,830 candidates representing 44.29% obtained credit and above in a minimum of FIVE (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
It said, “Of this number, seventeen thousand, six hundred and thirty-one (17,631) i.e., 49.21% were male candidates, while eighteen thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine (18,199), i.e., 50.79% were female candidates.
