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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of school candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate\u00a0 Examination (WASSCE).<\/p>\n

A statement from the examination body indicated that "},"modified":"2019-07-29T22:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:53:46","slug":"waec-releases-2019-wassce-results-withholds-results-of-48855-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/29\/waec-releases-2019-wassce-results-withholds-results-of-48855-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"WAEC releases 2019 WASSCE results; withholds results of 48,855 candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of school candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate\u00a0 Examination (WASSCE).<\/p>\n

A statement from the examination body indicated that \u201cthe entire results of 48,855 (14.12%) candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct od the examination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The alleged malpractices include bringing foreign material such as prepared notes, printed material and mobile phones to the examination hall, collusion among candidates, planned cheating which occurred with the connivance of some supervisors and school authorities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe withheld results of candidates may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of the investigations\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Council will despatch the results to the schools and candidates are advised to contact their heads of school for their results.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, WAEC has also hosted the results online and candidates who so desire may access their results at its website.<\/p>\n

Improvement in core subjects results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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WAEC mentioned that, \u201cthe provisional results indicate that there were improvements in the performance of candidates at A1 to C6 in all the core subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Core Mathematics recorded the most significant improvement in the performance in A1 to C6 over that of 208 (38.33 to 65.31%).<\/p>\n

There was also a noticeable improvement in Integrated Science (50.52% to 63.17%) with English Language recording a modest improvement of 46.91% to 48.96%.<\/p>\n

Social Studies also showed a slight improvement of 46.91% to 48.96%.<\/p>\n

Breakdown of Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The performance of the candidates in regard to the four core subjects are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  • English Language<\/u>:\u00a0167,733\u00a0(96%<\/em>) obtained\u00a0A1-C6;\u00a0100,781\u00a0(29.42%) obtained\u00a0D7-E8\u00a0while\u00a074,038\u00a0(21.61%<\/em>) had\u00a0F9;<\/li>\n
  • Mathematics (Core)<\/u>:\u00a0223,737\u00a0(31%<\/em>) obtained\u00a0A1-C6;\u00a072,408\u00a0(21%) obtained\u00a0D7-E8\u00a0while\u00a046,384\u00a0(13.54%<\/em>) had\u00a0F9;<\/li>\n
  • Integrated Science<\/u>:\u00a0216,095\u00a0(63.17%<\/em>) obtained\u00a0A1-C6; 91,151\u00a0(27%) obtained\u00a0D7-E8\u00a0while\u00a034,825\u00a0(10.18%<\/em>) had\u00a0F9;<\/li>\n
  • Social Studies<\/u>:\u00a0257,838\u00a0(75.43%<\/em>) obtained\u00a0A1-C6; 52,983\u00a0(15.50%) obtained\u00a0D7-E8\u00a0whilst\u00a030,970\u00a0(9.06%<\/em>) had\u00a0F9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Warning<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Council alerted members of the public especially candidates to be wary of impostors, who promise to change examination results for a fee.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cCandidates are to note that all WAEC results are well secured and can be authenticated. Persons with forged results will be exposed,\u201d WAEC warned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    A total of 346,094 candidates participated in the exams nationwide.<\/p>\n

    The figure is 9.2% higher than the 2018 candidature of 316,999.<\/p>\n

    The\u00a0 entry figure was made up of 170,857 (49.37%) males and 175,237 (50.63%) females.<\/p>\n

    The examination was conducted for 987 participating schools.<\/p>\n

    A total of 2,322 (0.67%) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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