WAEC withholds results of over 26,000 candidates of 2018 WASSCE

WAEC has withheld the results of 26,434 candidates pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractices detected during and after the examinations. 

The withheld results will be cancelled if found culpable, or released if otherwise. 

Three hundred and sixteen thousand, nine hundred and ninty nine candidates sat for the examination. 

This figure is 9.6% percent higher than the 2017 candidature of 289,207. 

The examination was conducted for 946 participating schools. A total of 1, 378 of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination. 

WAEC says the performance of this year’s results is better than that of last year though there was a drop in the performance in English Language.

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