The first Series result, for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for Private Candidates, has been released thirty days after the conclusion of the examination across the federation.


The Head of West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Nigeria, Mr. Olu Olanipekun, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos affirmed that candidates can now request for the certificate online through the Electronic Certificate Management System platform.


Giving a breakdown of the results, Mr. Olanipekun stated that WASSCE, which ended on February forth, was marked across three centers which included Abeokuta, Enugu and Kaduna between February fifteenth and February twenty-eight
He unveiled that a total of twelve thousand three hundred and ninety-five candidates registered for the examination, out of which twelve thousand seventy-five, candidates sat for the examination.


Mr. Olanipekun further stated that, of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, six thousand three hundred and thirty-one were male while five thousand seven hundred and forty-four were female.


Out of the total number of candidates that sat the examination, eleven thousand eight hundred and six candidates, have their results fully processed and released while two hundred and fifty nine candidates, representing have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors traceable to the candidates in the course of registration or writing the examination.