The West Africa Examination Council WAEC
2017 Senior School Certificate Examination
(SSCE) Results for School Candidates have
been released.
The head of the Nigeria National Office of
WAEC made this known at a press briefing at
the Council’s office in Yaba Lagos.
According to him, out of the total number of
candidates that sat the examination, 1,471,151
(One Million Four Hundred and Seventy One
Thousand One Hundred and Fifty One)
candidates, representing 94.36% have their
results fully processed and released, while
95,734 (Ninety Five Thousand Seven Hundred
and Thirty Four) candidates, representing 5.64%
have a few of their subjects still being
processed due to errors traceable to the
candidates in the course of registration or
writing the examination.
He mentioned that a total of 923,486 (Nine
Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand Four
Hundred and Eighty Six) candidates,
representing 59.22%, obtained minimum of
credits in five (5) subjects and above, including
English Language and Mathematics.
He observed that 59.22%, percent performance
of candidates that obtained five (5) credits and
above including English Language and
Mathematics in the WASSCE for School
Candidates represents an improvement to the
result in 2015 and 2016 which was 38.68% and
52.97%, respectively.
However, the results of 214,952 (Two Hundred
and Fourteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty
Two) candidates, representing 13.79% of the
total candidature for the examination are being
withheld for further investigation in connection
with various cases of examination malpractice.
He advised candidates who sat the examination
to check the details of their performance on the
Council’s official website within the next few
hours with the result checker PIN and Serial
Number which are contained on the flip side of
the candidates’ CIVAMPENS Card issued to all
candidates by WAEC.
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