By Fatima Kabir
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Friday has released the results of the 2022 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), for private candidates (second series).
Head of National Office, WAEC Yaba, Patrick Areghan, in a statement issued by the public affairs department on Friday, gave a breakdown of the results.
He noted that out of a total of 73,424 candidates that sat for the examination, a total of 72,265, representing 98.42 per cent had their results fully processed and released.
Mr. Areghan said in contrast, 1,159 candidates, representing 1.58%, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.
He however noted that efforts are being made to complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their full results.
When explaining the students performance, the head of weac revealed that, “The statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 73,424 candidates that sat the examination, 42,405 candidates representing 57.75%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, with or without English Language and/or Mathematics;
“30,954 candidates representing 42.16%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number, 15,070, that is, 48.69%, were male candidates, while 15,884, i.e., 51.31%, were female candidates.”
Areghan added that the percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for private candidates, 2021, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 48.61%. This shows that there is a marginal decrease of 6.45% in the performance over that of 2021.
Areghan called on candidates that sat for WASSCE to visit the body’s website for their results and certificates.
