By Adeola Kunle
The West African Examinations Council has announced that 61.54 per cent of candidates who participated in the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates obtained at least five credit passes, including English Language and Mathematics, while 38.46 per cent did not attain the minimum benchmark.
WAEC also disclosed that the results of candidates sponsored by state governments with outstanding financial obligations to the examination body have been withheld until the debts are settled.
The announcement was made on Wednesday by the Head of WAEC's Nigeria National Office, Dr Amos Dangut, during the official release of the 2026 Computer-Based WASSCE results for school candidates at the council's headquarters in Yaba, Lagos.
According to the council, 1,959,668 candidates from 24,207 secondary schools registered for the examination, while 1,950,726 candidates eventually sat for the tests conducted between April 24 and June 19, 2026.
WAEC said 1,834,695 candidates, representing 94.05 per cent of those who wrote the examination, had their results fully processed and released. Another 116,031 candidates, representing 5.95 per cent, are still awaiting the completion of result processing due to unresolved issues.
Dangut expressed optimism that the pending results would be released within a few days after the outstanding matters are resolved.
He explained that candidates sponsored by indebted state governments would not be able to access their results until the affected states settle their financial obligations to the council.
He appealed to the defaulting state governments to pay their outstanding debts promptly to enable affected schools and candidates to obtain their results.
Candidates whose results have been released and whose financial obligations have been fulfilled can access their results through the WAEC results portal within 12 hours of the official announcement. They can also apply for their digital certificates, which will be available within 48 hours.
Providing further details on candidates' performance, Dangut stated that 1,200,514 candidates, representing 61.54 per cent of the total number that sat the examination, earned credit passes in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. He noted that this represents a decline of 1.42 percentage points compared with the 2025 examination.
The gender distribution of successful candidates showed that 558,883 males, representing 28.65 per cent, achieved the benchmark, while 641,631 females, representing 32.89 per cent, also met the requirement.
The examination body also reported that the results of 167,486 candidates, representing 8.59 per cent of the total candidature, have been withheld over allegations of examination malpractice.
Dangut said the suspected malpractice cases are currently under investigation and will be reviewed by the Nigeria Examinations Committee before appropriate decisions are taken.
He added that WAEC, working with security agencies, apprehended several individuals involved in examination malpractice, while some supervisors and invigilators found aiding the offences have also been sanctioned.
According to him, the Nigeria Examinations Committee will determine appropriate disciplinary measures for the affected supervisors through the respective state Ministries of Education.
Adeola Kunle
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