West African Examinations Council has released the West
African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates, 2021 –
First Series.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Head of the Nigeria
National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, said the examination was primarily
designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to
reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.
He said, “It will interest you to know that the examination
is also an international one. This is the 4th edition in Nigeria, with the
maiden edition taking place in 2018. The examination is primarily designed to
help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions reduce the waiting
time for results and beat admission deadlines.
“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that out of the Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Nine (7,289) candidates that sat the examination:
“Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (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 One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One
Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates,
representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively;
“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates
representing 30.11 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5)
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e.
48.93 per cent were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and
Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07 per cent were female candidates. The percentage
of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and
2020, that is, those 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. Thus, there is a marginal decrease of 2.12 per
cent in performance in this regards.”
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