The West African Examinations Council has said that 30,954 candidates, representing 42.16%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, second series, for private candidates.
The WASSCE 2022 second series for private candidates was conducted in Nigeria between Monday, October 31 and Thursday, December 15.
Head of National Office, WAEC, Yaba, Mr Patrick Areghan, in a statement issued by the public affairs department on Friday, gave a breakdown of the results. He noted that out of a total of 73,424 candidates that sat for the examination, a total of 72,265, representing 98.42 per cent had their results fully processed and released.
“77,768 candidates representing a 31.88% increase, when compared with the 2021 entry figure, while 73,424 candidates sat the examination at 638 centres spread across the nooks and crannies of the country.
“Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, 72,265 candidates, representing 98.42%, have their results fully processed and released. In contrast, 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. However, efforts are being made to complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates get their full results.
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 73,424 candidates that sat the examination, 42,405 candidates representing 57.75%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, with or without English Language and/or Mathematics;
“30,954 candidates representing 42.16%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
