The 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for private candidates has been released.

This was disclosed on Tuesday, by Mr Patrick Areghan, Head, Nigerian National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), at a  press briefing.

According to the Head, the examination was initiated to reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines for students seeking admission into tertiary institutions.

Areghan said;

“The examination is primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions reduce the waiting time for results and beat admission deadlines.

“The analysis of the statistics of the performance of candidates shows that Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight (2,938) candidates representing 40.31% obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; out of which One Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,396) were male and One Thousand five Hundred and Forty-Two (1,542) were female candidates, representing 47.52%and 52.48 % respectively.

“Two Thousand One Hundred and Ninety-Five (2,195) candidates representing 30.11% obtained credits and above in a minimum of five (5) subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

“Of this number, One Thousand and Seventy-Four (1,074) i.e. 48.93% were male candidates, while One Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty-One (1,121) i.e. 51.07%  were female candidates.

“The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2019 and 2020, that is, those who obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, were 26.08% and 32.23% respectively”.