By: Newspeddlers
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the
West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private
candidates, 2021 – First Series.
Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Patrick Areghan, made
the disclosure while addressing newsmen
According to him, the result was primarily released to help
candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce the waiting
time for results and beat admission deadlines.
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates
shows that out of the Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine (7,289)
candidates that sat the examination, He said.
“Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates
representing 40.31 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five
subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; out of which One
Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five
Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and
52.48 % respectively;
“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates
representing 30.11 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5)
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics
“Of
this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93 per cent were
male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e.
51.07 per cent were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in this
category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those
who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English
Language and Mathematics, were 26.08 per cent and 32.23 per cent respectively.
Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 2.12 per cent in performance in this
regards