The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has announced the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for school candidates.

The results were announced at a briefing by the Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Dr AMOS DANGUT.

DANGUT said a total of 1,814,736 candidates registered for the examination from 25,126 recognized secondary schools in the country.

He also said 1,685,889 candidates, representing 93.39 per cent have their results fully processed and released. 

119,327 candidates, representing 6.61 per cent have one or more of their subjects still being processed due to some issues being resolved.

He added that efforts were on to speedily complete the process and release the affected candidates’ results within days.

Also, a total of 109,115 candidates with varying degrees of special needs registered for the examination.

73.79 per cent of candidates obtained credit or above in a minimum of any five subjects, with or without English Language and/or Mathematics. 

This figure represents 1,332,089 candidates out of the total 1,805,216 who sat the examination.