The West African Examination Council has released provisional results of the 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).<\/p>\n
According to WAEC, this year\u2019s figures show a slight improvement of last year\u2019s results.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”soYUqRgS7WQmTzSWWcXDSKkzYZBHvAIa”]The Council in a statement on Wednesday and signed by Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, said while it is working at dispatching the results to various schools students could also access their results online via the WAEC website.<\/p>\n
WAEC said for English Language, 155,077, representing 54.06% obtained between A1 and C6 while 73,409 (25.59%) had between D7 and E8 while 58, 351, representing 20.35%, had F9.<\/p>\n
For Mathematics WAEC stated that 122,450 (42.73%) had A1-C6 while 106, 024 (37%) had D7-E8 and a\u00a0total of 58,070 (20.27%) had F9.<\/p>\n
In Integrated Science, 125,204 (43.66%) passed (A1-C6) while 84851 (29.59%) obtained D7-E8.<\/p>\n
About 26.75%, translating to 76,693 failed (F9) in Integrated Science.<\/p>\n
According to WAEC, 67,078 failed in Social Studies while 149, 806 passed (A1-C6). 69,795 obtained between D7 and E8.<\/p>\n
WAEC further noted that the entire results of candidates from 185 schools have been withheld, pending conclusion of investigations into malpractices detected during and after the examinations.<\/p>\n
\u201cResults of candidates from 31 out of the 185 schools were detected with the Item Differentia profile (IDP) software, which showed cheating in the objective tests,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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