The West African Examinations Council has released the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series).

Announcing the release at the WAEC National Headquarters, Yaba Lagos, Head, the Nigeria National Office Of The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Patrick Areghan, said that a total number 61,509 candidates sat for the exam while 31,751 candidates obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects.

He said, “Twenty Four Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety One (24,491) candidates representing 39.82% obtained credit and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

“Out of this number, 12,040 i. e. 49.16 per cent were male candidates, while 12,451 i.e. 50.84 per cent were female candidates.

“The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2018 and 2019, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 35.99 per cent and 35.10 per cent respectively. Thus, there is a marginal increase of 4.72 per cent in performance in this regard.”

Areghan also of the 61,509 candidates who took the examination, 5,548 (9.02 per cent) have their results being withheld because of alleged involvement in examination malpractice.

Areghan said the WASSCE for private candidates, 2020 second series was successfully conducted under strict COVID-19 protocols.

“We are happy to report that throughout the conduct of the examination, there was no reported case of any candidate, invigilator, supervisor, WAEC staff or any examination functionary, for that matter, going down with the dreaded Coronavirus disease,” Areghan said.