WAEC releases May/June 2022 WASSCE results

By Bisi Adewumi

The West African Examination Council, WAEC on Monday announced the release of the results for the 2022 May/June of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE for internal candidates.

The examination body revealed that 1,222,505 candidates, forming 76.36 per cent of the total 1,601,047 candidates that sat for the examinations, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

Going by the records of 2021, there is a decrease of more than five per cent in performance this year. In 2021, the pass rate was put at 81.7 per cent.

The Head of Nigeria Office, HNO, Mr. Patrick Aregham while announcing the results at the headquarters of the examination body stated that a total of 597,811 of the candidates representing 37.34 per cent, were male, while 624,694, representing 39.02 per cent were female.

Again, Aregham added that a total of 437,629 candidates, representing 89.79 per cent, have their results fully processed and released. The remaining 164,418 candidates, representing 10.21 per cent have a few of their subjects “still being processed due to some issues being resolved”.

However, he said that efforts were being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released within the next one week.

It would be recalled that candidates seek admission to higher institutions in Nigeria need to secure at least five credit pass in their relevant subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.