The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the Provisional results of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates.
WAEC has informed all candidates to visit their various schools for their results,or visit their website to access the results online.
In a statement issued by the head of Public Relations of WAEC, Mrs .Nancy Teye Kiddo, dated July 13,2018,the Examination Council warned candidates to desist accepting offers from imposter to help change their results, saying such candidates shall be arrested if found in such acts.
Statistics
According to WAEC, some 316,999 candidates sat for the examination,comprising a 9.6% increased in intake as compared to 289,270 entrants in 2017.
The 2018 entry figure according to WAEC was made up of 158,550 (50.02%) males and 158,449 (48.98%)females. The examination was conducted for 946 participating schools. A total of 1,378 (0.43%) of candidates were absent from the examination hall.
The examination Council also indicated the performance of candidates with regards to the Four Core subjects as follows;
- English Language :147,232 (46.79%)obtained A1 to C6; 99,406(31.60%) obtained D7 to E8.while 68,002(21.61%) had F9.
- Core Mathematics :120,519(38,36%) obtained A1 to C6; 94,607 (30.09%) obtained D7 to E8 while 99,275(31.58%) had F9;
- Integrated Science: 158,691(50.52%) obtained A1-C6; 109,069(34.72%) obtained D7-E8 whilst46,367 (14.76%) had F9;
- Social Studies: 230,141 (73.27%) obtained A1-C6; 46,464 (14.79%) obtained D7-E8 whilst 37,494(11.94%)
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Based on the provisional results, the performance at Al- C6 in Social Studies showed a marked improvement over that of 2017 (52.25% to 73.27%), while Integrated Science recorded a slight improvement (43.66% to 50.52%).
On the contrary, Mathematics (Core) showed a drop in performance from 2017 (42.73% to 38.33%). Similarly, there was a drop in the performance in English Language (54.06% to 46.79%).
Malpractice
The entire results of 26,434 candidates have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of the examination.
The withheld results of candidates according to WAEC will be cancelled if found culpable, or released if otherwise.
Conclusion
The Council wishes to express its deepest appreciation to all stakeholders especially the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, Supervisors, Invigilators, the Ghana Police Service, Examiners and all who in various ways helped in the successful conduct of the examination and the timeous release of results.
Source :EducationGhana.net
