WAEC Releases 2022 WASSCE Results For Private Candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates.

The development was confirmed in a statement issued today by the Head of the National Office of the Council, Yaba, Patrick Areghan.

While given a breakdown of the results, Areghan said 77,768 candidates, representing a 31.88% increase compared to the 2021 entry figure, registered for the examination, while only 73,424 candidates sat the examination at 638 centres spread across the nooks and crannies of the country.

Amongst the 73,424 candidates that sat the examination, 143, according to Areghan, were candidates with varying degrees of special needs.

He also disclosed that 44 were visually challenged, 16 had impaired hearing, 19 were Albinos, and nine were physically challenged. He said all the candidates were adequately provided for in the examination administration.

Of the total 73,424 candidates that sat the examination, 36,141 were males while 37,283 were females, representing 49.22% and 50.78%, respectively, Naija News understands. Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 72,265 candidates, representing 98.42%, have their results fully processed and released.

The results’ breakdown showed that 1,159 candidates, representing 1.58%, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.

Areghan explained, however, that efforts are being made to complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their full results.

According to him, the analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 73,424) candidates that sat the examination: “Forty-Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Five (42,405) candidates representing 57.75%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics);

“Thirty Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four (30,954) candidates representing 42.16%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

“Of this number, Fifteen Thousand and Seventy (15,070), i.e., 48.69%, were male candidates, while Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty-Four (15,884), i.e., 51.31%, were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2021, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of Five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 48.61%. Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 6.45% in the performance over that of 2021

“This analysis, however, cannot be compared with the WASSCE for School Candidates. Whereas the candidate in the WASSCE for School Candidates Examination is compelled to sit eight or nine subjects, the candidate in the WASSCE for Private Candidates Examination, though can register for eight or nine subjects, is not compelled to take all. He/she is free to sit, even one subject, depending on the deficiency he/she wants to remedy. For him/her, therefore, the examination is only a remedial one – a remedy for an existing deficiency. From the above, it will not be true or fair to say that the performance in this examination has dwindled.

“The results of Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy-One (7,871) candidates, representing 10.72% of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice. The cases are being investigated, and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination in due course. The Committee’s decisions will be communicated directly to the affected candidates after that.”

Candidates who sat the examination are advised to visit the result portal online to check their results immediately.