WAEC has officially released the results for the 2019 WASSCE. A total of 346, 094 candidates registered for the examination. The males were 170,857 (49.37%) and the females were 175, 237 (50.63%). A total of 2,322 (0.67%) were absent from the WASSCE.
The performance in the 4-Core Subjects are:
English Language:
167, 733 (48.96%) got A1-C6; 100,781 (29.42%) got D7-E8 and 74,038 (21.61%) got F9.
Mathematics:
223,737 (65.31%) got A1-C6; 72,408 (21%) got D7-E8 and 46,384 (13.54%) got F9.
Integrated Science:
216,095 (63.17%) got A1-C6; 91,151 (27%) got D7-E8; and 34,825 (10.18%) had F9.
Social Studies:
257,838 (75.43%) had A1-C6; 52,983 (15.50%) got D7-E8; and 30,970 (9.06%) had F9.
Withheld Results
The entire results of 48,855 (14.12%) candidates have been withheld pending investigations of various alleged misconducts.
Improvement from Last Year
The entire 2019 WASSCE performance is better than that of 2018, especially in the 4-core subjects from A1-C6. Mathematics saw improvement from 38.33% to 65.31%. English Language improved from 46.91% to 48.96%. Integrated Science improved from 50.52% to 63.17%. And Social Studies saw improvement from 73.27%
Factors that have accounted for the improvement in 2019 WASSCE results released by WAEC
The change of the school academic calendar from trimester system to a Semester system which has increased contact hours between teachers and students from 6hours to 7 hours daily. It moved the total contact hours from 1,080 to 1,134.
- Change of WASSCE period from Feb to June to April to June to give candidates more time to cover the syllabus.
- Intervention for Final years: Re-opened school on 5th Jan 2019 instead of scheduled date in March for 2nd Semester .
- The payment of academic intervention money to teachers including form 3 teachers.
- Periodic meetings between the Ministry and Heads of schools (CHASS) – more especially low performing schools.