WAEC releases WASSCE-CBT results – Daily Trust

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, yesterday released results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series.

The council commenced migration from traditional paper-based examinations to Computer-Based Examinations for its private candidates’ examinations.

A statement by the council made available to PUNCH Online added that the novel CB-WASSCE entailed using a hybrid method where all questions were projected on the computer.

It said answers to the multiple-choice questions were supplied on the computer in real-time, and answers to the essay and test of practical questions were supplied in booklets given to the candidates.

The statement revealed that the examination was conducted between Wednesday, January 31 and Saturday, February 17, 2024.

The analysis of candidates’ performance showed that out of the 8,139 candidates that sat the examination, 3,424 candidates representing 42.07 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects (with or without English Language and/or Mathematics).