The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has officially released the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2024.
The results were released on Monday, August 12, as confirmed in a post on the official X account of the examination body.
The message read, “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform Candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 12, 2024.”
Similarly, WAEC’s Head of Nigeria Organization, Amos Dangut, confirmed the release of the results during a press briefing on Monday. He stated that 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.
He said 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.
“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.
To access the result, log on to https://waecdirect.org and follow the steps below.
1) Enter your 10-digit WAEC Examination Number.
(This is your 7-Digit centre number followed by your 3-digit candidate number eg. 4123456789).
For examination year < 1999, enter your 8-digit WAEC Examination Number.
(This is your 5-Digit centre number followed by your 3-digit candidate number eg. 19865001)
2) Enter the 4 digits of your Examination Year eg. 2002
3) Select the Type of Examination.
4) Enter the e-PIN Voucher Number.
5) Enter the Personal Identification Number (PIN) on your e-PIN.
7) Click Submit and wait for the results window to come up.
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