JUST IN: Reason emerges as WAEC withholds WASSCE results of 215,267 candidates

• On Monday, August 12, WAEC launched the 2024 results for the West African Senior College Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
• The examination body withheld the effects of 215,267 candidates following reports of examination malpractice
• The head of the Nigeria Place of job, WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, disclosed this to the press and shared extra minute print

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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has commenced the free up of results for its 2024 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) for faculty candidates.

WAEC withheld the effects of 215,267 candidates from the 2024 West African Senior College Certificate Examination.

WAEC: 215,267 candidates’ results withheld over malpractice

Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC Nigeria, mentioned the effects of 215,267 candidates (representing 11.92 percent of the total) are being withheld in reference to assorted reported cases of examination malpractice, The Cable reported.

This, the council mentioned, amounts to a 4.37 percent decrease from the 16.29 per cent recorded within the 2023 WASSCE for faculty candidates.

As reported by The Punch, this figure represents 11.92 per cent of the 1,805,216 candidates who took the examination, WAEC disclosed.

Dangut stressed out that the Council would proceed to sanction all cases of examination malpractice, noting that colleges, supervisors, academics, and candidates inquisitive about such practices were undermining the educational diagram.

He mentioned:

“The rising exhaust of cellphones within the examination hall, despite the present ban, and organised dishonest in some colleges, are other nagging points. The entire cases are being investigated, and reports of the investigations will probably be introduced to the actual committee of the Council for consideration and final choices.”

The 2024 WASSCE commenced on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and concluded on June 24, 2024.

WAEC: Kwara gov affords Also can/June WASSCE finest student N1m

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Grasp Shalom Adesina of Rehoboth Faculty, Pipeline, Ilorin, became once awarded the sum of 1 million naira for his smartly-known performance in 2023 Also can/June WASSCE.

Kwara deliver governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, mentioned the cash award became once to reduction and toughen Adesina’s tutorial pursuit.

AbdulRazaq mentioned Adesina had performed the deliver proud and deserved to be motivated for scoring distinctions in all his issues.

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