WAEC invites 2024 BECE students with withheld results for investigation

The not-for-profit-making organization responsible for the conduct of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has extended an invitation to students who sat for the examination but had their results withheld for investigation.

The invitation, the West African Examinations Council in a blog post on its website said is due to the students alleged involvement in examination irregularities it detected during the marking of the examination scripts.

The invitation WAEC also said is purposely to assist the management of the Examinations Council to conclude its investigations into the alleged irregularities of the 2024 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)

It said affected students are to report to the WAEC Regional Offices where they wrote the national examination on the assigned dates indicated by their names adding “They are to be accompanied by their parents/guardians.”

According to West African Examinations Council, students who refuse to honour the invitation do so at their own risk as their absence shall not preclude the council from making a final determination on the cases.

“Candidates are hereby informed that their refusal to honor this invitation shall not preclude the council from making a final determination on the cases. The candidates are further informed to come along with their parents/guardians,” WAEC said in the blog post.

A total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) Junior High Schools (JHSs) participated in the school examination.

This included fifty-nine (59) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and sixty-three (263) with hearing impairment and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.

The examination was conducted at Two thousand, one hundred and twenty-three (2,123) centres across the country. Out of the total number, three thousand, eight hundred and forty-five (3,845) candidates were absent

The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,390) candidates. This was made up of seven hundred and fifty (750) males and six hundred and forty (640) females

Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.