WAEC withholds 214, 952 WASSCE results

Some 214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination and their results have been seized by the authorities.

The Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, announced this in Lagos as he also announced the cheering news of a seven percent improvement in the number of candidates that passed the examination with five credits.

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Last year, 52.9 percent of the candidates recorded the feat. The number jumped to 59.22 percent this year, out of the 1,559,662 candidates that sat for the examination.

Adenipekun said WAEC is still investigating the exam cheats and that the schools of the students would be duly informed soon.

 “The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their schools,’’ he said.
 “The coordination and marking of candidates’ scripts for the 2017 WASSCE for schools were successfully held between May 24 and June 11 at 83 marking venues spread across the country.

The WAEC official called on candidates who sat for the examination to check the details of their performance on the council’s result website within the next few hours.

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