The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has witheld over 20,000 results in the just released West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary School Education, Conrad Sackey, made the announcement today, revealing that a total of 146,179 candidates from 816 schools participated in the examination. This figure represents a slight decrease compared to the 243,202 candidates who sat for the WASSCE in 2023.

While the results for 36 private schools (owing a total of 10,563 WAEC fees) were not included in the initial list, the remaining 135,617 candidates from 781 schools have received their results.

Of the total candidates, 83,113 successfully sat for at least one subject or more, while 27,097 were unfortunately unable to obtain results due to withheld examinations.

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