The West African Examination Council on Monday announced the release of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination and it was confirmed that 84.38 percent of the candidates in Nigeria had credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects.
Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, the Head of Nigeria Office, Mr Patrick Areghan said;
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out of the 1,613,733 candidates that sat the examination, 1,361,608 candidates, representing 84.38%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics;
“1,287,920 candidates, representing 79.81%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics,”
He said that out of this 1,287,920, 616,914 i.e., 47.9% were male candidates, while 671,006 i.e. 52.1% were female candidates.
Comparing this year’s performance with 2022 performance, he said, “The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2022, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, was 76.36%. Thus, there is a 3.45% decrease in performance in this regard.”
He also stated that the results of 262,803 candidates, that sat the examination, were being withheld as a result of various reported cases of examination malpractice and this number represent 16.29% of the total 1,613,733 candidates that participated in the examination.
