WAEC Releases 2017 May/June Results

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Results of the 2017 May/June West African Senior School Examinations (WASSCE) have been released.

WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu Adenipekun, who announced release of the results on Monday, said the results were improvement from the previous year.

According to Mr Adenipekun, 923,486 candidates representing 59.22 percent obtained a minimum of credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

He told newsmen that the percentage of candidates who attained this feat in 2014, 2015 and 2016 diets were 31.28 percent, 38.68 percent and 52.97 percent respectively.

The WAEC top shot noted that candidates who sat for the examination in 2017 would be able to check their results via www.waecdirect.org.

He urged candidates to use the result checker PIN and Serial Number on the CIVAMPENS Card issued to them

The examination started on February 20 and ended on May 15 and 1,559,162 candidates sat for the examination out of 1,567,016 who registered.