WAEC gives update on withheld May/June 2024 WASSCE results

Candidates whose May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results are being withheld over various reported cases of malpractice can check their status on the Council’s portal, the West African Examinations Council has said.

Speaking to Nigeria’s Tribune newspaper, a spokeswoman for WAEC, Moyosola Adesina said checking their status on her outfit’s portal is the only way candidates can know if the withheld results have been released or still pending

She indicated that only students who sat for the international examination and had lodged complaints and proved their innocence in the last two weeks will be able to check the status of their WASSCE results.

The WAEC official noted that schools or candidates, who had complained to WAEC through its dedicated portal and proved their innocence of the offence levelled against them have had their results released.

She said though she didn’t have their number as at the time of the interview, it is certain that those who lodged complaints have been attended to.

The spokesperson for the not-for-profit organization pointed out that those whose cases are pending among them mean there are strong evidence against them that require further investigations on their cases

“So, schools or candidates in that category would have to wait a bit longer with the rest who have not bothered to lodge any complain as regards their withheld results,” she added.

According to her, they will wait until the National Examination Committee meets on or before early October when the matter concerning withheld results of this year’s May/June would be brought to an end for the year.

She said though WAEC knows the importance of candidates’ results and the essence of time concerning their admission into universities or any other school, the council would thoroughly investigate the entire cases one after the other through the committee set up for the purpose and would not rush into concluding the assignment.

“But WAEC would want to assure those concerned that the waiting time won’t be long as this kind of matter has a time frame,” the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the West African Examinations Council told the newspaper.

Her comment comes after a total of 215,267 representing 11.92% out of the total 1,805,216 candidates, who sat the 2024 WASSSCE had their results withheld for various cases of malpractice during the school examination.

Following the Council’s results withheld decision, prospective students who wanted speedy attention were allowed to lodge a complaint using a dedicated portal to prove their innocence as a form of fair hearing for them.