WAEC Records Low Performance As 2022 Results Represent 5% Decrease

The statistics for the 2022 West African Examination Council results have revealed that the students' performance is more than 5 percent lower to 2021 Waec performance.

2022 76.36 percent performance when compared with the 81.7 per cent pass rate recorded in 2021 is considered low.

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

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

The Head of Nigeria Office (HNO), Patrick Areghan in her release of the year Waec statistics said 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.

According to Mr Areghan some results have are yet to be released for reason of screening them. He noted that there was alarming increase in malpractice recorded in this year's examination. Therefore, some results will be withheld if such result are confirmed to be done under malpractice.

He further added that 1,437,629 candidates, representing 89.79 per cent, have their results fully processed and released while 163,418 candidates, representing 10.21 per cent, have a few of their subjects “still being processed due to some issues being resolved.”

Efforts are, however, 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,” he said.

In addition, he noted that the results of 365,564 candidates representing 22.83 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.."

He linked the high number of such cases to the poor preparation by candidates, saying “preparations for examinations are poor.”

Mr Areghan said there was over-reliance on malpractices and “the so-called ‘Expo,” which he noted is actually non-existent.

“Candidates simply got frustrated when they get into the examination hall and discovered that all they had celebrated was fake. This has pitiably led to some of them failing the examination, which if they had relied on themselves and studied hard, would have passed like many others,” he said.

He however urged parents and schools to stop encouraging and training students for malpractice. His statement read

“It is the child whose future is being destroyed. Parents must stop funding ‘expo’ for their children; it does not help. Those who indulge in posting items on designated platforms are nothing but destiny destroyers. Beneficiaries of such ‘help’ will never go unpunished as they will never have their results. All hands must be on deck to sanitise the system,” he said.