West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday, released results for the first series of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates.
Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Patrick Areghan, stated this at a press briefing on Tuesday.
He said of the 7,289 candidates that sad for the examination, 2,938 candidates representing 40.31 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects.
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the 7,289) candidates that sat the examination, 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 1,396 were male and 1,542 were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively.
“2,195 candidates representing 30.11 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. Of this number, 1,074, i.e., 48.93 per cent were male candidates, while 1,121, i.e., 51.07 per cent were female candidates.
Areghan said the percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for private candidates in 2019 and 2020, 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, indicating a marginal decrease of 2.12 per cent in performance.
