The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates 2021- first series.
Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Patrick Areghan, made this known in a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Areghan noted that out of 7,289 candidates that sat for the examination, 2,938 candidates obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects.
He said: “The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine (7,289) candidates that sat the examination:
“Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates representing 40.31 percent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; out of which One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively;
“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates representing 30.11 percent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93 percent were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07 percent were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 26.08 percent and 32.23 percent respectively. Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 2.12 percent in performance in this regard.”
Areghan said the examination was primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.
He added that the council has postponed the conduct of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
He said the pandemic distorted the academic calendar, hence it was not possible to hold the examination in May/June.
