No fewer than 1,301, 949 candidates have obtained credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English language as the West African Examination Council (WAEC) released the 2024 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the May/June examination.
WAEC’s Head of Nigeria Organisation, Amos Dangut, announced this on Monday, August 12, 2024.
According to him, the results of 1,685,889 candidates, accounting for 93.9% were released.
Dangut added that although insecurity hampered the conduct of the exam in different areas of the country, 1,805, 216 candidates registered for the WASSCE.
“WAEC is releasing its results today as out of 1,805, 216 that entered for exam, 1,332, 089 candidates have credits in five subjects including any subjects with either Mathematics or English language and 1,301, 949 candidates got credits in five subjects including Mathematics and English language accounting for 72.9% of total candidates.
“This is a 7.6% decrease in examination performance compared to last year of 2023 WASSCE. Also 215, 267 results were withheld due to examination malpractice by the candidates.
This accounts for 11.92% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination,” Dangut said.
In a related development, a Nigerian boy has excelled in his SSCE, and his school has proudly shared his impressive WAEC (West African Examinations Council) result.
The result shows that he was a student at Greater Tomorrow International College in Arigidi-Akoko, Ondo State.
Adewole achieved A1 grades in Civic Education, English Language, Further Mathematics, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies, and Animal Husbandry.
The only subject where Adewole didn’t score an A1 was Physics, in which he earned a B3.
A video posted on TikTok by Greater Tomorrow International College reveals that Adewole took his WAEC examination in 2023
