The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld results of 215, 267 candidates, who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) (School Candidates) over alleged malpractice.
Dr Amos Dangut, Head, National Office (HNO) stated this while announcing the results on Monday, in Lagos.
According to Dangut, the number represents 11.92 per cent of candidates who sat for the examination.
He noted that the figure was 4.37 per cent lower than the 16.29 per cent recorded in the same diet, in 2023.
“The withheld results of these candidates that sat for the examination are in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.
“The increasing use of cell phones in the examination hall, in spite of the existing ban and organised cheating in some schools, are other nagging issues.
“All the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council, for consideration and final decisions,” he said.
The WAEC boss added that the committee’s decisions would be communicated to the affected candidates through their various schools, in due course.
He urged candidates affected by the decisions to call for redress of their cases, if they so wished, via https://waecinternational.org.
According to him, the council will continue to sanction all cases of examination malpractice.
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