The May/June 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) result been released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

This information was released by Mr. Charles Eguridu, the Head, Nigeria National Council of WAEC, at a press briefing at the council’s head office in Lagos.

Mr. Charles revealed that out of 1,671,268 that sat for the exam, a total of 115,041 results were either cancelled or withheld, among which, there are 2,176  guilty of multiple entries and 112,865 connected with various cases of malpractice, adding that the cases of exam malpractice would be referred to Nigerian Examination Committee (NEC) of the council for consideration.

He further revealed that a total of 1,543, 683 candidates, representing 91.38 per cent, had their results fully released, while 145, 505 candidates still had their results being processed due to errors made while registering or writing the examination.

He also revealed that out of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, 889, 636 representing 53.23 per cent obtained six credits and above; 1,074,065 candidates, representing 64.26 per cent obtained five credits and above.

In addition, he said 1, 225, 591 candidates, representing 73.33 per cent obtained four credits and above, while 1,353,273, representing 80.97 per cent, obtained credit and above in three subjects and a total of 1, 465,581 candidates (87.69 per cent) obtained credit and above in two subjects.  

Eguridu stated that they were unable to provide statistics of candidates who obtained credit and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics now, because many candidates in the North-Eastern part of the country have partial results at the moment due to security challenges encountered during the conduct of the examination, particularly loss of scripts.

He, however, added that such candidates in the North, who had the totality of their results cancelled due to security threats would be given the opportunity to rewrite the examination at no extra cost during the November/December 2013 WASSCE diet.

He further reported that out of the 117 blind candidates who sat for the examination, 24 candidates, representing 20.51 per cent obtained credit in five subjects including English Language, as blind candidates do not take Mathematics and Science practical in WASSCE diet.

For the November/December 2013 WASSCE, Eguridu noted that the council had extended the closing date till Tuesday, August 20, to avail candidates of the May/June diet, who performed poorly in their examination another opportunity to register if they so desire.