The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has finally announced the release of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates.
The eagerly awaited results were officially made public on Monday, August 12, 2024, bringing an end to the long wait for anxious students who sat for the exams.
News About Nigeria reports that disclosure was made by the board via its X page on Monday morning.
The tweets reads: “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform Candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 12, 2024.”
“To access the result, log on to waecdirect.org.”
It was earlier reported that Moyosola Adesina, the WAEC’s acting Head of Public Affairs, revealed that Amos Dangut, the Head of the National Office, would make the official announcement at the Yaba headquarters in Lagos State.
This online news medium learnt that the results are being released just 45 days after the final exam paper was conducted.
In March 2022, WAEC said the use of information and communication technology had reduced the period for the processing of WASSCE results for candidates from 84 days to 45 days.
Recall that Dangut said in April 2024 that out of 1.8 million students who sat for the exam, 902,328 (49.73 percent) are males and 912,016 females (50.27 percent).
The students were tested in 76 subjects, comprising 197 papers, and were supervised by 30,000 secondary school teachers.
The WAEC had previously stated that the results would be released within 45 days of the final paper and that certificates would be printed and distributed to schools within 90 days.
