The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2020 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination results, showing that about 1.338,358, representing 86.99 percent of 1.538,445 candidates, who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects with or without the compulsory English Language and Mathematics

This was made known by the Head of the Nigerian Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Patrick Areghan, during a press briefing held Monday, to announce the release of the 2020 WASSCE results.

Addressing journalists, Areghan also revealed that a total of 1,003,668 candidates, representing 65.24% of the total number of candidates that sat for the exam, “obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.”

The above statistics shows a marginal 1.06 percent improvement in candidates performance when compared to 2019 WASSCE result where those who obtained credit and above in minimum of five subjects including Mathematics and English language, were 64.18 percent.

“The results of 215,149 candidates, representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.

“The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigation will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for determination in due course. The committee decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.

“Certificates of candidates whose results have been fully processed and released will be ready within the next 90 days, counting from today,” he said.