The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) recently released the results for the 2016 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Ex...
The examinations body announced that a total of 137,295 results, representing 8.89% of the candidates who took the examinations were withheld.
The exams body said that of the 1, 552, 758 students who sat for the May/June exams, 878,040 candidates, representing 52.97 per cent, obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
“A total of 1,014,573 candidates, representing 65.70 per cent obtained six credits and above, 1,167,484 candidates, representing 75.60 per cent obtained five credits and above. While 1,282,204 candidates, representing 83.03 per cent obtained credit and above in four subjects,” it said.
“1,370,049 candidates, representing 88.72 per cent obtained credit and above in three subjects, 1,438,679 candidates, representing 93.16 per cent obtained credit and above in two subjects,” he added.
Meanwhile, see some of twitter reactions to the results below....
Aug 7Chinenyemakunuba @cremechic11
Some are spending 1.1M Naira a night in Quilox, others are just collecting WAEC result. Such is life
