The hope of about 215,149 representing 13.98 percent of the students who sat for the 2020 West African Examinations Council, (WAEC) may have been dashed.
Reason, the Council said it has withheld their results.
Examination Council (WAEC) on Monday announced the release of the results of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Examination, (WASSCE).
The West African regional examination body announced that the results of 215, 149 candidates, representing 13.98 per cent of those that sat for the examinations are being withheld for various reasons.
The Head of the Nigerian Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Patrick Areghan, made this dosclosure during a press briefing on Monday.
He said, “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 decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.”
“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.”
