30th July 2019 2:52:02 PM
1 min readThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2019.According to a press release signed by the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, candidates can now access the results which have been hosted on the WAEC website.A 9.2% increase in the number of candidates was recorded on the number of candidates in 2018.
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The number of candidates who sat the WASSCE rose to 346,094 from 316,999.The highest number of students to pass a single core subject was recorded in the Social Studies exam with 257,828 (75.43%) candidates obtaining grades between A1-C6 which the most failures were recorded in the English Language exam with 74,038 (21.61%) obtaining grade F9.
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The performance of the candidates in regard to the four core subjects are as follows;English Language: 167,733 (48.96%) obtained A1-C6; 100,781 (29.42%) obtained D7-E8 while 74,038 (21.61%) had F9;Mathematics (Core): 223,737 (65.31%) obtained A1-C6; 72,408 (21%) obtained D7-E8 while 46,384 (13.54%) had F9;Integrated Science: 216,095 (63.17%) obtained A1-C6; 91,151 (27%) obtained D7-E8 while 34,825 (10.18%) had F9;Social Studies: 257,838 (75.
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43%) obtained A1-C6; 52,983 (15.50%) obtained D7-E8 whilst 30,970 (9.06%) had F9.The release also warned members of the public especially candidates to be wary of impostors who promise to change examination results for a fee."Candidates are to note that all WAEC results are well secured and can be authenticated. Persons with forged results will be exposed," the release said.Source: Graphic.com.gh
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