By Our Reporter
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said that candidates whose results were withheld can visit the WAEC Notice of Examination Portal to make official representations regarding the allegations.
This information was contained in a statement by the acting Head of Public Affairs, Moyosola Adesina, even as the office officially released, the 2024 second series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for private candidates. However, 2,577 candidates were withheld due to allegations of examination malpractice, while the results of 2,669 candidates were yet to be released owing to varying errors or discrepancies related to submission patterns.
Adesina also highlighted the improved performance, with 34,878 candidates (53.64%) achieving credit in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. This marks a significant increase of 9.35% from the success rates of 42.16% and 44.29% recorded in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
The examination, took place across 5,067 centres which featured both paper and pen and computer-based modes, took place in 5,067 centres across the country.