West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination results.
Gatekeepers News reports that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says 80.56 per cent of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results have been fully processed.
The Head, Nigeria National Office of the Council, Patrick Areghan who disclosed this on Monday, said the remaining 19.44 per cent which represents 303,271 candidates is still being processed due to some issues being resolved.
Areghan said 1,573,849 candidates registered for the examination but only 1,560,261 candidates sat the examination.
He said 1,274,784 of the candidates got credit and above in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. However, 1,560,261 candidates obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects — that is with or without English Language and Mathematics.
Areghan attributed the delay in the release of the result to the fact that some of the candidates have issues with their subjects.
He said further, “The examination, which was an international one, took place simultaneously throughout the five-member countries of the Council – The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, using the same International Timetable.
“The examination spanned seven weeks, between August 16 and October 8, 2021. Throughout the period, we were faced with serious security challenges in the South East (IPOB and ESN sit-at-home order) and banditry, kidnapping, insurgency, etc, in the north and other parts of the country. All these, coupled with the continuous effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic, made the whole exercise a Herculean one.”
Areghan added that the result checker pin and serial number that candidates need to check their results online are already contained in the candidate smart identity card that was used for the exam.
