Why Many Failed 2022 WASSCE - WAEC Explains As It Releases Results

This was announced on Monday by the Head of National Office, West African Examination Council (WAEC), Patrick Areghan.

Areghan addressing newsmen at WAEC office, lamented the students' poor performance noting, that candidates were no more ready to learn but are interested in examination malpractice.

''Reasons for this are not far-fetched. Candidates are no longer ready to learn. Preparations for examinations are poor. There is over-reliance on the so-called 'Expo', which is actually non-existent. Candidates simply got frustrated when they got into the examination hall and discovered that all they had celebrated was fake. This has pitiably led to some of them failing the examination, which if they had relied on themselves and studied hard, would have passed like many others.''

"The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates in the examination shows that out of the 1,601,047 candidates that sat the examination, 1,409,529 candidates, representing 88.04%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (i.e with or without English Language and/ or Mathematics;

" 1,222,505 candidates, representing 76.36%, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and MathematicsÔÇØ he said.

Areghan stressed that the results of candidates who were sponsored by States indebted to the Council would not be released until they pay up.

"The results are being uploaded on the results website. Candidates who sat the examination and who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council can access their results on the Council's results website within the next twelve hours.

"Copies of the Result Listing will be sent to schools shortly. I need not restate the fact that the results of candidates who are sponsored by States indebted to the Council will not be released now until they pay up. We appeal to them to do so to enable the affected schools/candidates to access their results.ÔÇØ

He also noted some slack on the sides of schools who failed to wrap up registration process for their candidates

''This was perhaps the highest headache the Council encountered on the road to the conduct of the examination. Some schools simply 'slept off' and failed to do the needful.

''Some failed to upload their students' CASS at the stipulated time and many failed to meet registration deadlines, to the extent that some schools ended up not presenting their students for the examination. Yet, some who registered their students offline failed to upload their entries! Again, others failed to meet deadlines due to criminal 'shopping' for candidates. By the time they realized it, the window had closed,'' he said.