By Ayodele Akinbode
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results candidates who sat for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates.
The examination which is the second in the series began on 27 October and ended 20 December 2023.
A statement issued by the Acting Head of WAEC’s Public Affairs Department, Moyosore Adesina on Tuesday said a total of 85,600 candidates registered for the examination but only 80,904 sat the examinations in 568 centres across the country.
Of the figure that sat the examination, WAEC said a total of 39,790, amounting to 49.18 per cent were males, while 41,114, representing 50.82 per cent were females.
According to WAEC, in the examination, a total of 78,419 candidates, representing 96.93 per cent “have their results fully processed and released while 2,485 candidates, representing 3.07 per cent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to them.”
The spokesperson explained that, “Efforts are being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, soon.”
Te council noted that only a total of 35,830 candidates representing 44.29 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
The examination body said out of the 35,830 candidates who secured credits in five subjects including English Language and Mathematics, a total of 17,631, representing 49.21 per cent were male candidates, while 18,199, representing 50.79 per cent were female candidates.
WAEC further clarified that the figure of candidates who secured credits in five subjects with or without English Language and, or Mathematics is 46,267, representing 57.19 per cent.