2020 WASSCE: Waec Withholds 5,548 Results Over Exam Malpractices

Results of 5,548 candidates who wrote the 2020 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates have been seized over several cases of malpractice.

Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC),  organisers of the examination, revealed this while announcing the release of the examination result on Monday, 15th of February, in Lagos.

Areghan also noted that of the 61,509 candidates that wrote the examination, a total of 61,111 representing 99.35 percent had their results fully processed and released.

He said that results of 398 others, representing 0.65 percent, have some of their subjects still being processed due to some mistakes traceable to the candidates.

He further stated that the cases are being investigated and that report of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council, for determination in due course.

He noted that the committee’s decision would be communicated directly to the affected candidates thereafter.

Giving a further breakdown of the results, Areghan stated that the 61,509 candidates sat for the examination at 540 centers throughout the country.

According to Areghan, the number of candidates that have five credits including English Language and Mathematics may not be necessarily be a basis for judging the level of performance in the examination.

”This is because the examination is more or  less a remedial one. Some candidates may just need only one or two papers, other than English Language and or Mathematics, to remedy their admission deficiencies,” he stated.