The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) results for school candidates.
The examination body announced this via its X handle on Monday.
WAEC said candidates who sat for the examination can access their result by login on to https://waecdirect.org,”.
It said a total of 1,805, 216 candidates from 22,229 secondary schools across the country sat for the examination.
Meanwhile, the council’s Nigerian head of national office, Dr. Amos J. Dangut, said no fewer than 215,267 candidates’ results were withheld due to examination malpractice.
Briefing newsmen in Lagos, Dangut gave the figure of the withheld results at 11.92 percent of the total of 1,805, 216 that sat for the exams.
While stating that the 2024 withheld results was 4.37 percent lower than the 16.29 percent recorded last year, he assured that withheld results would be released after a thorough investigation.