WAEC says the 2021 WASSCE results came at a record speed despite challenges of insecurity that affected the exams in the SouthEast
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for candidates.
WAEC released the results exactly 45 days after the last paper was taken which was held simultaneously throughout the five-member countries of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
“This is a record time, taking into consideration the fact that we lost a week to insecurity, during the marking exercise in the South East, occasioned by the heightened tension before and during the Anambra Gubernatorial election,” head of the Nigeria national office Patrick Areghan said at the council headquarters in Yaba, Lagos.
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“It is, therefore, not true, as you can see, that WAEC delayed the release of the results of the WASSCE 2021 as being speculated in some quarters. We have kept to our promise, in spite of all odds.
“We should be praised rather than being vilified. Nothing can be faster or earlier than what we have done.
“We do not release results without marking the scripts and processing the scores. We are grateful to the examiners for doing a good job within the stipulated period,” Areghan said.
According to Areghan, 1,560,261 candidates sat for the examination while 1,274,784 achieved the minimum benchmark needed for admission into the university, which is five credits including English and Mathematics
Of the number, 630,138 (49.43 per cent) were male, while 644,646 (50.57 per cent) were female.