Candidates – First Series with only 26.08 per cent making credits and above in five subjects including English and Mathematics.
“A total of 3,102 candidates representing 26.08 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language and General Mathematics. The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for Private Candidates 2018 – First Series was 17.5 per cent,” he said. From among those, Adenipekun said 11,686 had their results fully processed while on 206 had their results withheld for errors which are still being processed.The HNO said the incidence of examination malpractice was low because the number of candidates was manageable compared to the school examination written by over one million candidates yearly.
“For this diet, we had Council staff monitoring each centre in addition to the supervisors and others. So this worked to reduce examination malpractice,” he said.