WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results, withheld results from 8 states

By Jimoh Balogun, Ado Ekiti

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the

 the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) .
This was just as the results of eight states were withheld over indebtedness to the examination body.
 The council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Yaba, Lagos, on Monday.

He said that the states had not paid their debts despite repeated reminders. “About eight states are owing WAEC,” Areghan said.

“We won’t mention them (the states) all as some are going to pay. However, Zamfara and Niger states are the highest debtors. Again, Zamfara did not present any candidate for this year’s WASSCE.”

The highlight of the breakdown of the results showed a total of 1,222,505 candidates, or 76.36% of the 1,601,047 candidates who passed the exam, obtained credits or more in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English language and mathematics.

When compared to the 81.7% pass rate in 2023, this shows a drop in results of more than 5% according to the head of the Nigeria Office,  Areghan.

He said 624,694 candidates, representing 39.02% of the total, were female and 597,811 candidates, representing 37.34%, were male

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