Following the discharge of the 2024 Senior Secondary Certificates Examination, SSCE, outcomes, the West African Examination Council, WAEC, has revealed that the outcomes of 215,267 candidates are being withheld in reference to varied reported circumstances of examination malpractice.
A complete of 1,805,216 candidates sat for the examination from 25,126 secondary faculties throughout Nigeria.
Out of all of the candidates who took the examination, 1,685,889 candidates (which is 93.39 p.c) have had all their papers launched, whereas 119,327 candidates (representing 6.61 p.c) nonetheless have some topics below processing.
The council talked about that this represents a 4.37 p.c lower from the 16.29 p.c seen within the 2023 WASSCE for varsity candidates.
By way of efficiency evaluation, 1,332,089 candidates (73.79 p.c) achieved credit score and above in no less than 5 topics (with or with out English and/or Arithmetic).
Moreover, 1,301,941 candidates (72.12 p.c) obtained credit score and above in a minimal of 5 topics, together with English Language and Arithmetic.
Evaluating year-on-year knowledge for this class, the 2024 WASSCE confirmed a 7.69 p.c drop from the 79.81 p.c cross charge noticed in 2023.
