WAEC Releases 2021 WASSCE Results For Private Candidates
The results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates 2021-first series have been released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
Patrick Areghan, the head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, revealed this at a press conference in Abuja, the country’s capital, on Tuesday.
According to Areghan, 2,938 of the 7,289 candidates who took the exam earned credit or higher in at least one of the five subjects.
He said: “The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine (7,289) candidates that sat the examination:
“Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates representing 40.31 percent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; out of which One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively;
“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates representing 30.11 percent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93 percent were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07 percent 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 26.08 percent and 32.23 percent respectively. Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 2.12 percent in performance in this regard.”
According to Areghan, the exam was developed to assist candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions in reducing wait times for results and meeting admission deadlines.
The conduct of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates has been postponed, he added.
He explained that the pandemic had thrown off the academic calendar, making it difficult to conduct the exam in May/June.
