WAEC releases May/June 2019 results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for the May/June 2019 results written earlier in the year.

The exam board withheld results of 180,205 candidates who sat for the examination, representing 11.33 per cent of the 1,590,173 candidates who registered and sat for the exam.

This was made known by WAEC’s Head of Nigeria National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, at a briefing on Friday at the Council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos.

According to the examination body, the results being withheld were in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

Adenipekun said, “The results of 180,205 candidates, representing 11.33 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat the examination are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

“The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the Council in due course.

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“The committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools.”

The Council also reported that 1,918 candidates with varying degrees of special needs were registered for the examination.

“Out of the number, 299 were visually challenged, 842 had impaired hearing, 158 had low vision, 75 were spastic cum mentally challenged and 85 were physically challenged,” Adenipekun added.

Of the 1,596,161 candidates who registered for the examination, 822,098 were males, and 768,075 females.

“This represents 51.70 per cent and 48.30 per cent respectively,” Adenipekun noted.

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