The West African Examinations Council has revealed that 61.54 per cent of prospects who sat the 2026 West African Senior Citizen School Certificate Examination for School Candidates gotten at least 5 credits, including English Language and Mathematics, while 38.46 percent stopped working to meet the minimum benchmark.
The evaluation body also announced that the results of candidates sponsored by state federal governments indebted to the council would stay unattainable until the impressive monetary responsibilities are settled.
The Head of WAEC’s Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, made the disclosure on Wednesday during the official 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 examination, while 1,950,726 ultimately sat for the workout, which was carried out in between April 24 and June 19, 2026.
Dangut specified that the council had effectively processed and launched the results of 1,834,695 prospects, representing 94.05 per cent of those who composed the evaluation.
He added that the results of 116,031 candidates, representing 5.95 per cent of the overall candidature, were still being processed due to unsettled issues, revealing optimism that the workout would be finished within a couple of days.
The WAEC employer described that candidates sponsored by states yet to settle their financial obligations with the council would be not able to access their outcomes up until the outstanding debts were paid.
He attracted the affected state governments to clear the liabilities to make it possible for candidates and schools obtain their outcomes without further delay.
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Dangut also revealed that candidates whose outcomes had actually been launched and whose sponsorship obligations had actually been fulfilled might access their results through the WAEC result website within 12 hours of the announcement. He included that eligible prospects could likewise look for their digital certificates, which would be provided within 2 days.
Giving a breakdown of the performance, he stated 1,200,514 prospects, representing 61.54 percent of the total candidature, protected credits in at least 5 topics, consisting of English Language and Mathematics.
He noted, however, that the performance showed a decline of 1.42 portion points compared to the 2025 assessment.
Of the prospects who achieved the benchmark, 558,883 were male, representing 28.65 percent of the overall candidature, while 641,631 were female, representing 32.89 percent.
On examination malpractice, Dangut revealed that WAEC kept the results of 167,486 prospects, representing 8.59 percent of those who sat the assessment, over allegations of different forms of examination misbehavior.
He stated the afflicted cases would be investigated and examined by the Nigeria Examinations Committee before final decisions are taken.
According to him, the council, operating in collaboration with security agencies, nabbed several people involved in assessment malpractice during the exercise.
He likewise disclosed that some supervisors and invigilators discovered assisting candidates to cheat had actually been jailed and would face disciplinary steps through the appropriate state ministries of education.
Dangut reaffirmed WAEC’s commitment to preserving the stability of its examinations through more stringent monitoring, boosted security steps and sustained collaboration with appropriate stakeholders to suppress evaluation malpractice.