The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced ongoing efforts to finalize and release the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results.

According to a statement by WAEC, the results of 33 school candidates and three private candidates have been withheld, while subject results from candidates in 149 schools are under investigation due to reported irregularities.

John Kapi, WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, called for patience from parents and guardians as the council continues processing the results.

“The pending is a result of some mistakes made by our supervisors and the candidates who did not follow instructions. So you would have, for example, maybe your music script is found where the music examiner has marked the music bit, but then the design bit of it cannot be marked by the same examiner.

“So we will want to appeal to parents and guardians to exercise restraint because certainly we had our people working throughout the night and hopefully we would have those results released.”

He further appealed for calm, assuring that WAEC staff are working diligently, even through the night, to ensure that the pending results are released soon.