The West African Examinations Council has officially
announced the release of the May/June 2016 West
African Senior School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) results.
Speaking during a press conference in Lagos, the Head
of National Office (HNO), Mr. Isaac Adenipekun, said
that a total of 1,552,758 candidates registered for the
examination, out of which 1,544,234 sat for the exam.
He said that 825,650, representing 53.5% were male
while 718,585, representing 46.5% were female.
In a breakdown of the results, a total of 1,393,907
candidates, representing 90.26% have their results fully
released while 158,718 candidates, representing 9.74%
have a few of their subjects still being processed due
to some errors mainly traceable to the candidates and
schools in the course of registration or writing the
examination.
Such errors are being corrected by the Council to
enable the affected candidates get their results fully
processed and released subsequently.
A total of 878,040 candidates, representing 52.97%,
obtained credits in five subjects and above, including
English Language and Mathematics.
The HNO added that there was a significant
improvement in the performance of candidates when
compared with the results of 2014 and 2015
examinations.
Speaking on the performance of blind candidates, Mr.
Adenipekun, said that 133 visually challenged
candidates registered for and sat for the examination
from which 23 candidates, representing 17.29% got
credits in 5 subjects, including English Language and
Mathematics.
He further stated that candidates will be able to check
their results on the Council’s website within the next
24 hours.
Source: http://campusportalng.com/waec/waec-
performance-statistics/25714/
