05/08/2016
The West African
Examinations Council has
officially announced the
release of the May/June 2016
West African Senior School
Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) results.
Speaking during a press
conference in Lagos, the Head
of National Office (HNO), Mr.
Isaac Adenipekun, said that a
total of 1,552,758 candidates
registered for the
examination, out of which
1,544,234 sat for the exam.
He said that 825,650,
representing 53.5% were
male while 718,585,
representing 46.5% were
female.
In a breakdown of the results,
a total of 1,393,907
candidates, representing
90.26% have their results fully
released while 158,718
candidates, representing
9.74% have a few of their
subjects still being processed
due to some errors mainly
traceable to the candidates
and schools in the course of
registration or writing the
examination.
Such errors are being
corrected by the Council to
enable the affected candidates
get their results fully
processed and released
subsequently.
A total of 878,040 candidates,
representing 52.97%,
obtained credits in five
subjects and above, including
English Language and
Mathematics.
The HNO added that there was
a significant improvement in
the performance of
candidates when compared
with the results of 2014 and
2015 examinations.
Speaking on the performance
of blind candidates, Mr.
Adenipekun, said that 133
visually challenged candidates
registered for and sat for the
examination from which 23
candidates, representing
17.29% got credits in 5
subjects, including English
Language and Mathematics.
He further stated that
candidates will be able to
check their results on the
Council’s website within the
next 24 hours.