The results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates have been released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
The examination, which took place from October 27 to December 20, 2023, had 85,600 candidates registered, but only 80,904 of them sat for it in 568 centres nationwide.
The Acting Head of Public Affairs of WAEC, Moyosore Adesina, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, February 13.
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He said that out of the candidates who sat for the examination, 39,790 (49.18 per cent) were males and 41,114 (50.82 per cent) were females.
He also said that “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.”
He added that the results of 7,192 candidates, representing 8.89 percent, were withheld for alleged involvement in examination malpractices.