By Folaranmi Ajayi
West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has released the results of 94, 884 who sat for the 2022 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), second series for private candidates.
A total of 94, 884 candidates sat the examination, out of which 30,954 candidates, representing 42.16%, obtained credits and above in at least five mandatory subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
48.61% of the total candidates, who sat the same exam in 2021 had a similar result, indicating a slight fall of 6.45% performance over that of 2021.
Similarly, a total of 15,070 candidates (representing 48.69%) out of the total number who obtained credits and above in at least five mandatory subjects, including English Language and Mathematics in the exam under review were males while 15,884 representing 51.31% were females, indicating that more females did better than their male counterparts in the exam.
The Head of National Office, WAEC Nigeria, Patrick Areghan, announced the release of the results in a statement made available to newsmen, on Friday night.
He explained that only 72,265 candidates from the total number, representing 98.42%, already had their results fully processed and released, while 1,159 candidates, representing 1.58% still have one or more results being processed due to errors traceable to them.
