WAEC releases 2021 WASSCE for private candidate result

…As Areghan says South East candidates who missed some papers over IPOB lockdowns done remedy papers

 

Paul Ogbuokiri

 

The Nigeria National Office of West Africa Examination Council has announced the release of the 2021 WASSCE private candidate second series.

This came as the Council has disclosed that the South East candidates of the 2021 WASSCE who could not seat for some of their papers because of the insecurity in the region have written the missed papers in the recent second series of the WASSCE for private candidates.

Head, Nigeria National Office of the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr. Patrick Areghan disclosed this in a press briefing at the WAEC National Office, Yaba, Lagos on Monday.

He said, “You would recall that during the release of the results of the WASSCE for school candidates, 2021, I informed you that some schools in the South East were unable to write some papers due to the prevailing insecurity in that

area then. However, I am delighted to inform you that the affected candidates sat the WASSCE for private candidates, 2021-second series, pro-bono, to enable them to remedy the missed papers.”

Areghan announced that “with all the processes leading to the release of results completed, it is now my pleasure to announce the release of the results of candidates that sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2021-Second Series in Nigeria.”

He urged the candidates who sat the examination to go and check the details of their performance on the Council’s results website: www.waecdirect.org. He further disclosed that the result checker pin and serial number needed by candidates to check their results online are contained on the candidate’s identity photo card used during the conduct of the examination.

According to him, a total of 52,973 candidates registered for the examination.  Of the number that registered, 51,444 candidates sat the examination.

Similarly, of the total number of 51,444 candidates that sat the examination, 25,026 were males while 26,418 were females, representing 48.65 per cent and 51.35 per cent, respectively.

Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 49,584 candidates, representing 96.38 per cent have their results fully processed and released while 1,860 candidates, representing  3.62 per cent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.  Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released, subsequently.

Analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 51,444 candidates that sat the examination, 32,637 candidates representing 63.44 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics), out of which 15,832 were males and 16,805 were females, representing 48.51 per cent and 51.49 per cent respectively.

Similarly, 25,008 candidates representing 48.61 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

Of this number, 12,272 ie 49.07 per cent were male candidates, while 12,736 ie 50.93 per cent were female candidates.  The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for private candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 35.99 per cent and39.82 per cent respectively. Thus, there is an encouraging 8.79 per cent improvement in performance in this regard.

Meanwhile, the Head, WEAC, Nigeria National Office disclosed that 3,968 candidates, representing 7.71 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

He said 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 Committee’s final decisions will thereafter be communicated to the affected candidates.

He concluded by thanking all the Supervisors, Invigilators, Custodians, Examiners and other Ad-hoc personnel for their contributions towards the successful conduct of the examination and marking of scripts, officials of the Federal and State Ministries of Education, Chairman and Members of the Nigeria Administrative and Finance Committee of WAEC, all retired WAEC staff, ANCOPPS, the Nigeria Police and other Security Agencies, for their assistance and cooperation during the conduct of the examination. We are grateful to the schools that availed the Council the use of their facilities, even when it was not a School Candidates examination.