WASSCE 2023 records improvement with 79.81% pass, as WAEC withholds over 200,000 candidates' results

The 2023 results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates have been released with 262,803 candidates results withheld “due to reports of cases of examination malpractice.” from a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat the examination.

The Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, disclosed this in Lagos, while announcing his retirement from the examination body in a few weeks.

However, Mr Areghan announced an improvement in pass rate by candidates as a total of 1,361,608 candidates, representing 84.38 per cent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects with or without English Language or Mathematics.

Also, 1,287,920 candidates, representing 79.81 per cent of the total candidates, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.