BREAKING: WAEC announces release of 2024 WASSCE results, Shares how to check

Yaba, Lagos state - The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for 2024.

The statement was shared on WAEC's official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Monday, August 12, 2024.

WAEC said to access the result, WASSCE candidates can log on to https://waecdirect.org.

Legit.ng understands that WAEC registered 1,814,344 candidates for the 2024 WASSCE for school candidates.

How to check WAEC's WASSCE result 2024

With a phone or laptop, go to log on to https://waecdirect.org.

WAEC withholds results of 215,267 candidates

Meanwhile, out of the total number of candidates that sat the exam in Nigeria, 1,685,889 candidates (93.39 percent) have all their papers processed and released while 119,327 candidates (representing 6.61 percent) have some subjects still being processed.

Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC Nigeria, said the results of 215,267 candidates (representing 11.92 percent of the total) are being withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice.

This, the council said, amounts to a 4.37 percent decrease from the 16.29 percent recorded in the 2023 WASSCE for school candidates.

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.. Source: Legit.ng