The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination(SSCE).
Announcing the release of the results, the Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick E. Areghan said a total of 1,549,740 candidates registered for the examination from 19,129 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria out of which 1,538,445 candidates sat the examination.
Mr Patrick who revealed that a total of 4,280 candidates with varying degrees of special needs were registered for the examination, added that 230 were visually challenged, 745 had impaired hearing; 2,852 had low vision; 38 were spastic cum mentally challenged, and 58 were physically challenged.
He also noted that the examination was administered to candidates from some schools in Benin Republic, Cote d’Ivoire and Equatorial Guinea where the Nigeria curriculum for Senior Secondary School is being used.
Remarkably, the examination was also conducted in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, the first time since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in the area by insurgents, six years ago.
Meanwhile, Analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination showed that out of the 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination, 1,338,348 representing 86.99percent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; while 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24percent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Of this number, 497,139 (49.53percent) were male candidates, while 506,529 (50.47percent) were female candidates.
The percentage of candidates who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects including Maths and English in 2019 was 64.18percent, recording a marginal 1.06percent improvement in performance this year.
Also, Of the total 1,538,445 candidates that sat the examination, 780,660 were males while 757,785 were females, representing 50.74percent and 49.26percent, respectively.
Out of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, 1,456,727 candidates, representing 94.69percent have their results fully processed and released while 81,718 candidates, representing 5.31percent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the candidates.
Areghan further disclosed that the results of 215,149 candidates, representing 13.98 percent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, have been withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
He however noted that the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council while the Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.
