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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The West African Examinations Council has released the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for private candidates.<\/p>\n

Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known during a press briefing with newsmen on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Areghan said the examination was designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe examination is primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates representing 40.31 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and\/or Mathematics; out of which One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively;<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates representing 30.11 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93 per cent were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07 per cent were female candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 26.08 per cent and 32.23 per cent respectively,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The West African Examinations Council has released the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for private candidates. Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known during a press briefing with newsmen on Tuesday. 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