The West African Examinations Council has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the B.E.C.E for both School and Private Candidates, 2024. The results for candidates can be accessed at the Council's website www.waecgh.org.

STATISTICS

A total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating schools entered for the school examination.

EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES

Following the completion of investigations into several cases of irregularity detected during the conduct of the examination and marking of scripts, the Final Awards and Examiners' Appointment Committee for the BECE at its 35th Meeting held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 approved as follows:

• Cancellation of Subject Results of 377 school candidates and 3 private candidates for the offence of bringing foreign materials into the examination hall or colluding with other candidates
• Cancellation of Entire Results of 41 school candidates and 1 private candidate
• Withholding of Entire Results of 33 school candidates and 3 private candidates

Meanwhile, some subject results of candidates from 149 schools have been withheld for reported irregularities. The withheld results may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of investigations.

CAUTION

The Council cautioned all stakeholders to be wary of fraudsters who promise to upgrade results for a fee. Candidates are to note that WAEC results are secured and can be authenticated.