The West African Assessments Council has actually divulged that 61.54 per cent of candidates who sat the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Evaluation for School Candidates obtained at least five credits, including English Language and Mathematics, while 38.46 per cent stopped working to meet the minimum criteria.
The examination body likewise announced that the results of candidates sponsored by state governments indebted to the council would stay inaccessible till the impressive monetary commitments are settled.
The Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Workplace, Dr Amos Dangut, made the disclosure on Wednesday during the main release of the 2026 Computer-Based WASSCE results at the council’s headquarters in Yaba, Lagos.
According to him, 1,959,668 prospects from 24,207 secondary schools signed up for the evaluation, while 1,950,726 eventually sat for the workout, which was conducted in between April 24 and June 19, 2026.
Dangut stated that the council had successfully processed and released the outcomes of 1,834,695 candidates, representing 94.05 percent of those who wrote the assessment.
He included that the outcomes of 116,031 prospects, representing 5.95 per cent of the overall candidature, were still being processed due to unresolved issues, revealing optimism that the workout would be finished within a few days.
The WAEC employer explained that prospects sponsored by states yet to settle their financial commitments with the council would be unable to access their results till the outstanding debts were paid.
He interested the afflicted state governments to clear the liabilities to enable prospects and schools acquire their results without additional delay.
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Dangut likewise revealed that prospects whose results had actually been released and whose sponsorship responsibilities had been satisfied might access their outcomes through the WAEC result portal within 12 hours of the announcement. He included that eligible prospects might also request their digital certificates, which would be provided within two days.
Offering a breakdown of the performance, he stated 1,200,514 candidates, representing 61.54 per cent of the overall candidature, protected credits in at least five subjects, consisting of English Language and Mathematics.
He noted, nevertheless, that the performance reflected a decrease of 1.42 portion points compared to the 2025 evaluation.
Of the prospects who attained the criteria, 558,883 were male, representing 28.65 percent of the overall candidature, while 641,631 were female, representing 32.89 per cent.
On evaluation malpractice, Dangut exposed that WAEC withheld the outcomes of 167,486 candidates, representing 8.59 percent of those who sat the examination, over accusations of various types of evaluation misbehavior.
He stated the afflicted cases would be investigated and reviewed by the Nigeria Examinations Committee before final decisions are taken.
According to him, the council, working in cooperation with security firms, collared several individuals associated with examination malpractice during the workout.
He likewise divulged that some supervisors and invigilators discovered helping prospects to cheat had been jailed and would deal with disciplinary measures through the proper state ministries of education.
Dangut reaffirmed WAEC’s commitment to preserving the stability of its examinations through stricter tracking, enhanced security procedures and continual partnership with pertinent stakeholders to suppress examination malpractice.