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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the interim results of the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE).
A total of 531,707 candidates comprised of 269,408 men and 262,299 women sat for the exam in September, but the results of 497 candidates were canceled for engaging in various forms of exam neglect.
WAEC in a statement said it has also withheld the results of 977 candidates pending the completion of investigations into several cases of alleged negligence in exams.
The statement added that the results have not yet been sent to the High Schools (JHS), but are currently available online on the Council’s website: www.waecgh.org. The results can also be verified by dialing the mobile short code * 944 #.
A total of 531,707 candidates, 269,408 men and 262,299 women, took the exam. This figure is 2.78% higher than the 2019 candidacy of 517,332. Candidates were from a total of 17,436 schools and the exam was conducted in 2,012 centers. Of the total number of candidates who initially registered, 1.59% were absent, “the statement read.
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Sanctions
The statement said that the WAEC Final Awards and Examiners Appointment Committee for BECE has approved various sanctions for students who engaged in various forms of bad practice during exams.
Penalties include cancellation of the course results of 417 candidates for bringing foreign material into the exam room and engaging in collusion, cancellation of the complete results of 44 candidates for bringing mobile phones into the exam room, and withholding of the results of the subjects of 977 candidates awaiting the conclusion of the investigations into several cases of alleged negligence in the examinations.
“Withheld results from candidates may be canceled or published based on the outcome of investigations,” the statement said.
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