WAEC Releases 2018 Results ; 49. 98 per cent obtained credit passes

The West African Examinations Council said on
Wednesday, that only 49. 98 per cent of the
candidates, who wrote its 2018 school certificate
examination, obtained credit passes and above.
The council’s Head of National Office, Olu
Adenipekun, said the credit passes included
English Language and Mathematics.
Adenipekun gave this information at a news
conference to announce the 2018 West African
Senior School Certificate Examination in Lagos.
According to him, the performance of candidates
for its examinations in the last three years is
fluctuating in view of the outcome of the just
released 2018 examination.
The HNO, who gave a breakdown of the
statistics of performance of candidates in the
examination, said that a total of 1,578,846
registered for the examination in Nigeria.
According to him, out of the number, 1,572,396
of them sit for the examination.
Adenipekun said a total of 786,016 candidates,
representing 49.98 per cent who sat for the
examination, obtained credits and above in a
minimum of five subjects including English
Language and Mathematics.
He said the performance, when compared to
what was obtained in the same examination in
2016 and 2017, showed a decline.
He said: “If we should compare the performance
of candidates for this year’s examination under
this category with that of 2016, which was 52.97
and in 2017; 59.22, we are safe to say it is
fluctuating, just as it is declining.
“These statistics are clear for you to see and
make your judgment.”
Adenipekun added that of the total number of
candidates, who wrote the examination,
1,470,338 of them had their results fully
processed and released.
He noted that a total of 102,058 other
candidates had a few of their subjects still being
processed, due to errors traceable to the
candidates in the course of registration or while
writing the examination.
The HNO assured that such errors were being
corrected by the council to enable the affected
candidates get their results fully processed and
released subsequently.
He also said that a total of 1,213,244 candidates
obtained credits and above in a minimum of any
five subjects, with or without English Language
and or Mathematics.
The WAEC official added that 858,424 other
candidates obtained credits and above in a
minimum of five subjects, including English
Language but without Mathematics.
Further, Adenipekun acknowledged that there
were cases of malpractice but it was minimal.
He said: “For cases that are established as in
other previous examinations, the council is
already looking at them.”
He added that this year’s examination witnessed
the participation of a total of 1,328 candidates
with varying degrees of special needs.
According to him, out of the number, 251
candidates are visually challenged, 783 with
impaired hearing; 123 others have low vision
while 88 others are spastic cum mentally
challenged.
He added that 83 of them were physically
challenged.
The HNO said that the candidates, who have
fulfilled their financial obligations to the council
were free to check the details if their
performance on the council’s result website.