WAEC Releases 2020 SSCE Results Performance Statistics
The West African ExaminationCouncil (WAEC) has released the result statistics for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Also See: How to Check WAEC SSCE Result
This announcement was
done by Patrick E. Areghan, the FCGP Head of the Nigeria National Office of the
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) during a press briefing in the council’s
national office in Yaba, Lagos State.
The statistics for the
2020 WAEC SSCE Results is as follows;
I also wish to report
that a total of Four Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty (4,280) candidates with
varying degrees of Special Needs wore registered for the examination. Out of
this number, Two Hundred and Thirty (230) were visually challenged. Seven Hundred
and Forty-Five (745) had impaired hearing; Two Thousand Eight Hundred and
Fifty-Two (2,852) had low vision; Thirty-Eight (38) were spastic cum mentally challenged,
and Fifty-Eight (58) were physically challenged. All these candidates with
special needs were adequately provided for in the administration of the
examination. The results of these candidates have been processed and released
along with those of other candidates.
Of the total number of
One Million Five Hundred and Thirty Eighty Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-Five
(1,538,445) candidates that sat the examination, Seven Hundred and Eighty
Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty (780,660) were males while Seven Hundred and
Fifty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five (757,785) were females,
representing 50.74% and 49.26%, respectively.
One of the total number
of candidates that sat the examination, One Million Four Hundred and Fifty-Six Thousand
Seven Hundred and Twenty-Seven (1,456,727) candidates, representing 94.69% have
their results fully processed and released while Eighty-One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighteen (81,718) candidates, representing 5.31% have a few of
their subjects still being processed due to some errors on the part of the
candidates. Efforts are, however, being made to speedily complete the
processing to enable all the affected candidates get their results fully
processed and released, subsequently.
The analysis of the
statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out
of the One Million Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred and Forty-Five
(1,538,445) candidates that sat the examination.
One Million Three Hundred
and Thirty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Forty-Eight (1,338,348) candidates,
representing 86.99%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five (5)
subjects (i.e. with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.
One Million Three
Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Eight (1,003,668) candidates, representing
65.24%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including
English Language and Mathematics.
Of this number, Four
Hundred and Ninety-Seven Thousand One Hundred and Thirty-Nine (497,139) i.e. 49.53%
were male candidates, while Five Hundred and Six Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty-Nine
(506,529) i.e. 50.47% were female candidates. The percentage of candidates in
this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2019 that is, those who
obtained credit and above in minimum of five (5) subjects, including English
Language and Mathematics, was 64.18%. thus, there is a marginal 1.06%
improvement in performance in this regard.
The results of Two
Hundred and Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Forty-Nine (215,149) candidates,
representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates that sat the examination,
are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination
malpractice. The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations
will be presented to the appropriate Committee of the Council for determination
in due course. The Committee’s decision will be communicated to the affected
candidates through their various schools.
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