WAEC releases 2017 May/June results, says 59.22 per cent pass English Language and Mathematics.

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has released the 2017 May/June WASSCE results, withholding results of 13.79 per cent candidates as 59.22 per cent pass English Language and Mathematics.

Head of National Office, Nigeria, Mr Olu Adenipekun while speaking during a press briefing held at its corporate office, Yaba, Lagos today said the performance results recorded this year improved over the 2015 and 2016 WASSCE.

Justifying the relative success performance of candidates in 2017, Adenipekun noted that the percentage WASSCE results for school candidates in 2015 and 2016 were 38.68% and 52.97%, respectively.

He said: ”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.”

According to him, 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 in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

He explained that the cases of examination malpractice are being investigated, adding that reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council in due course for consideration.

He disclosed that a total of 1,559,162 (One Million Five Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand One Hundred and Sixty Two) candidates sat the examination.

He urged candidates who sat the examination to check details of their performance on the Council’s results website: www.waecdirect.org  within the next few hours. ”The result checker PIN and Serial Number are contained on the flip side of the candidates’ CIVAMPENS Card issued to all candidates by WAEC, and used by them during the conduct of the examination,” he added.