The West African Examinations Council today, released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Head of the National office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1 ,549 ,740 registered for the examination .
Areghan said 1 ,338 , 348 candidates representing 86 .99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects – with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics .
He said 1 ,003 ,668 candidates representing 65 .24 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics .
To check the results, candidates were asked to visit the website of WAEC .
A statement from WAEC quoted Areghan as saying that the results of 215 ,149 candidates, representing 13 .98 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination , are being withheld.
He said , “ A total of 1 ,549 ,740 candidates registered for the examination from 19 ,129 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria . Of the number that registered for the examination , 1, 538 ,445 candidates sat the examination .
“ The examination was also administered to candidates from some schools in Benin Republic , Ivory Coast , and Equatorial Guinea where the Nigeria curriculum for Senior Secondary School is being used .
“ The results of 215, 149 candidates , representing 13 . 98 per cent 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.”
