WAEC Releases 2022 WASSCE Result, Records 76% Pass
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2022 May/June diet of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
The result was announced by Mr Patrick Areghan the Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) at the headquarters of the examination body in Lagos.
Mr Areghan noted that a total of 1,222,505 candidates obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Mr Areghan said the figure of those that obtained credits amounts to 76.36% of the 1,601,047 candidates that sat for the examination showing a decrease of more than 5% in performance when compared with the 81.7% pass rate recorded in 2021.
He said a total of 597,811 of the candidates, representing 37.34% were male; while 624,694, representing 39.02% were female.
Mr Areghan also revealed that the result of 163,418 candidates, representing 10.21% is still being processed due to some issues that is still being resolved.
“Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released within the next one week.’’
He said the results of 365,564 candidates, representing 22.83 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.
“This is 11.74 per cent higher than the 10.9 per cent recorded in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2021.”
Areghan linked the high number of such cases to the poor preparation by candidates, saying “preparations for examinations are poor.”
He pointed out that there was over-reliance on malpractices and “the so-called ‘Expo,” which he noted is actually non-existent.
“Candidates simply got frustrated when they got into the examination hall and discovered that all they had celebrated was fake. This has pitiably led to some of them failing the examination, which if they had relied on themselves and studied hard, would have passed like many others,” he said.
He pledged that the council will continue to sanction all cases of examination malpractice and that schools, supervisors, teachers and candidates found guilty would be dealt with according to the laws of the country.
“It is the child whose future is being destroyed. Parents must stop funding ‘expo’ for their children; it does not help.”
Those who indulge in posting items on designated platforms are nothing but destiny destroyers. Beneficiaries of such ‘help’ will never go unpunished as they will never have their results. All hands must be on deck to sanitise the system,” he said.
