WAEC Releases 2022 Result – Be informed that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of Senior Secondary School candidates, who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2022. Candidates who sat for the exam should check their 2022 WAEC result by Clicking Here!
This was disclosed by the WAEC Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, while briefing journalists on Monday. He said that the results were released 45 days after candidates wrote the last paper.
However, Nyscinfo.com learnt that the WAEC 2022 examination last for six (6) weeks, from May 16 to June 23, 2022.
According to the WAEC management, a total of 1,601,047 sat for the exam. While 1,222,505 which is 76.36% of the total candidates obtained Credits (C) and above in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. This represents a decrease of more than 5% in performance when compared with the 81.7% Credit pass that was recorded in 2021 WASSCE.
WEAC Withheld Results 2022
According to WAEC, 1,437,629 candidates, representing 89.79%, have their results released while 163,418 candidates, representing 10.21%, have a few of their subjects still under processing.
The WAEC management said:
“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.”
WAEC, however, noted that it withheld the results of 365,564 candidates, which represents 22.83% of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination due to various cases of examination malpractice.
WAEC Decried Insecurity
WAEC, however, complained of the impact of insecurity on the conduct of the examination, decried the ugly experiences it met in both the South East and North West of Nigeria.
“As usual, we were faced with the Herculean task of conducting the examination in a harsh environment, given the current insecurity in the country, with the numerous cases of banditry, kidnapping, and insurgency.
“Cases of disruption were experienced in some parts of the South East. There were also some serious concerns in parts of the North West. We are thankful to God that though the issue of insecurity persisted, the examination was conducted and scripts marked successfully, throughout the country, with the collaboration of the state governments concerned, the Military and the Nigeria Police Force.”
How to Check WAEC 2022 Result
According to WAEC, candidates that sat for the 2022 WASSCE should visit waecdirect.org to check their results. To purchase WAEC Result check PIN, visit request.weac.ng.
ICYMI: Results of WASSCE for School Candidates,2022 is out now! Visit: https://t.co/dZwpDFSU1t to check your result.
You can also log on to https://t.co/l7cLpSUQ9g to purchase e-PIN/result checker to check the result.— WAEC NIGERIA (@waecnigeria) August 9, 2022
Source: Nyscinfo.com
What date will GCE WAEC be?