West African Examination Council, WAEC, on Wednesday released the full results of 1,543,683 candidates who sat for its May/June 2013 Secondary School Certificate Examination. The number represents 91.38 per cent of 1,689,188 candidates who registered for the examination.
A
source in WAEC told us that all candidates can now check their results online
with scratch card on the the website address stated below:
However,
candidates are advised to start checking in 24 hours of the declaration of the
results.
The
Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Dr Charles Eguridu, announced the
results on Wednesday when he addressed a news conference in Lagos. He said
889,636 candidates obtained six credits & above, while 1,074,065 others
obtained five credits and below.
According
to him, the results of 145,505 others, representing 8.62 per cent, were being
processed due to some errors. “These errors are traceable to the candidates as
well as their schools in course of registration or writing the examination.”
The
HNO explained that such errors were being corrected by the council to enable
the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released
subsequently.
Dr
Eguridu however disclosed that the council cancelled the result of 2,176
candidates. He explained that the cancellation was due to multiple entries by
the candidates discovered while processing the results.
He
HNO also said 112,865 results, representing 6.75 per cent, were withheld due to
exam malpractice. The cases were being investigated and reports of the
investigations would be presented to Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) for
consideration and further action.