WAEC releases withheld results
WAEC set to release withheld results, punishes offenders
Earlier in November 2021, WAEC had announced that the results of one hundred and seventy thousand, one hundred and forty-six (170,146) candidates were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
A total of 1,573,849 candidates registered for the examination from 19,425 recognised secondary schools in the country.
The Head, Nigeria National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan "the increasing use of cellphones in the examination hall and organized cheating in some schools are other big concerns. All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council for determination in due course,” he said.
He further disclosed that 80.56 per cent of the results had been fully processed, while 19.44 per cent are still being processed due to some issues that are being resolved.
All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for determination in due course. The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.’’
According to Areghan, WAEC released the results after just 45 days of completion of the examination that ran between August 16 and October 8, 2021.
Areghan further mentioned that out of the 1,560,261 million candidates that sat the examination, 1,398,370 million candidates, representing 89.62%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the tentative date and time for the release of the November/December 2021 WASSCE results through its official Twitter page.
Some candidates who sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations conducted between 2021 and 2022 by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) but whose results were withheld over suspected cases of irregularities and now exonerated will have their results released “latest by Friday, April 15, 2022.”
In a statement by WAEC Acting Head, Public Affairs, Moyosola Adeyegbe, the committee said it received reports on irregularity, special and clemency cases arising from the conduct of WASSCE for private candidates, 2020 – second series and WASSCE for private candidates, 2021. She said the committee also received and considered reports on the conduct of WASSCE for school candidates, 2021 as well as irregularity cases arising from the conduct of the examination.
Moyosola Adeyegbe, confirmed this in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Monday.
A communiqué, signed by the head of public affairs, WAEC, Mrs. Moyosola Adeyegbe, said the decision was taken at the 72nd Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) held at WAEC Testing and Training Center (WTTC), Ogba – Lagos.
The confirmation was a follow-up to an earlier communique issued on Sunday by the examination body, stating the resolutions of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC), WAEC’s highest decision-making organ on examination-related matters in the country.
The committee, the communique noted, had met between Thursday, April 7, and Friday, 8, to “consider matters relating to the conduct of the West African Senior School Examination (WASSCE) for school and private candidates.”
The examination body said decisions were taken not only on erring candidates but also on schools found guilty of examination malpractices.
It added that individual supervisors and invigilators found culpable of aiding and abetting such vices were also recommended for punishment.
Meanwhile, depending on the category and degree of the offense committed by the candidates, WAEC noted that some of them have been barred from sitting any of its examinations for two years
The communique read in part: “In the course of considering the various reported cases of malpractice, the committee, after diligent deliberations, approved appropriate sanctions in all established cases of malpractice, as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations governing the conduct of the Council’s examinations. It authorized that the entire results of candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) be canceled, while subject results of candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR) be similarly canceled.
“Furthermore, some candidates will also suffer other sanctions such as being barred from sitting the Council’s examinations for two years.”
Meanwhile, WAEC said the Committee also approved that schools involved in mass cheating be de-recognised
The communique added: “WAEC should be allowed to continue with the job of providing quality assessment to the Nigerian child without any hindrance; WAEC should continue to sanction examination malpractice, no matter whose ox is gored.
“All states, schools and individuals should continue to respect and obey the impartial decisions of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) for the benefit of education in Nigeria; cases of harassment of WAEC state officials by agents of state governments should be reported to the Honorable Minister of Education,” NEC said.
WAEC had on March 21, 2022 announced the release of the council’s 2022 first series WASSCE for private candidates withholding the results of 347 candidates in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
WAEC set to release withheld results, punishes offenders
Earlier in November 2021, WAEC had announced that the results of one hundred and seventy thousand, one hundred and forty-six (170,146) candidates were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
A total of 1,573,849 candidates registered for the examination from 19,425 recognised secondary schools in the country.
The Head, Nigeria National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan "the increasing use of cellphones in the examination hall and organized cheating in some schools are other big concerns. All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council for determination in due course,” he said.
He further disclosed that 80.56 per cent of the results had been fully processed, while 19.44 per cent are still being processed due to some issues that are being resolved.
All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council for determination in due course. The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.’’
According to Areghan, WAEC released the results after just 45 days of completion of the examination that ran between August 16 and October 8, 2021.
Areghan further mentioned that out of the 1,560,261 million candidates that sat the examination, 1,398,370 million candidates, representing 89.62%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the tentative date and time for the release of the November/December 2021 WASSCE results through its official Twitter page.
Some candidates who sat the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations conducted between 2021 and 2022 by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) but whose results were withheld over suspected cases of irregularities and now exonerated will have their results released “latest by Friday, April 15, 2022.”
In a statement by WAEC Acting Head, Public Affairs, Moyosola Adeyegbe, the committee said it received reports on irregularity, special and clemency cases arising from the conduct of WASSCE for private candidates, 2020 – second series and WASSCE for private candidates, 2021. She said the committee also received and considered reports on the conduct of WASSCE for school candidates, 2021 as well as irregularity cases arising from the conduct of the examination.
Moyosola Adeyegbe, confirmed this in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ reporter on Monday.
A communiqué, signed by the head of public affairs, WAEC, Mrs. Moyosola Adeyegbe, said the decision was taken at the 72nd Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) held at WAEC Testing and Training Center (WTTC), Ogba – Lagos.
The confirmation was a follow-up to an earlier communique issued on Sunday by the examination body, stating the resolutions of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC), WAEC’s highest decision-making organ on examination-related matters in the country.
The committee, the communique noted, had met between Thursday, April 7, and Friday, 8, to “consider matters relating to the conduct of the West African Senior School Examination (WASSCE) for school and private candidates.”
The examination body said decisions were taken not only on erring candidates but also on schools found guilty of examination malpractices.
It added that individual supervisors and invigilators found culpable of aiding and abetting such vices were also recommended for punishment.
Meanwhile, depending on the category and degree of the offense committed by the candidates, WAEC noted that some of them have been barred from sitting any of its examinations for two years
The communique read in part: “In the course of considering the various reported cases of malpractice, the committee, after diligent deliberations, approved appropriate sanctions in all established cases of malpractice, as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations governing the conduct of the Council’s examinations. It authorized that the entire results of candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) be canceled, while subject results of candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR) be similarly canceled.
“Furthermore, some candidates will also suffer other sanctions such as being barred from sitting the Council’s examinations for two years.”
Meanwhile, WAEC said the Committee also approved that schools involved in mass cheating be de-recognised
The communique added: “WAEC should be allowed to continue with the job of providing quality assessment to the Nigerian child without any hindrance; WAEC should continue to sanction examination malpractice, no matter whose ox is gored.
“All states, schools and individuals should continue to respect and obey the impartial decisions of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) for the benefit of education in Nigeria; cases of harassment of WAEC state officials by agents of state governments should be reported to the Honorable Minister of Education,” NEC said.
WAEC had on March 21, 2022 announced the release of the council’s 2022 first series WASSCE for private candidates withholding the results of 347 candidates in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.