The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Recall that the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination was taken between August 17, 2020 and Saturday, September 12.
The release of the results was postponed due to the violence and unrest across the country. WAEC had said the unrest in the country affected some of its offices and operations nationwide.
WAEC had earlier announced that the results would be released on Monday, November 2, 2020.
WAEC Head of the Nigeria National Office, Patrick Areghan disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday.
He disclosed that a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination.
Areghan said 1,338, 348 representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (ie with or without English Language and/or Mathematics).
He said 1,003, 668 candidates representing 65.24 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
To check the results, candidates have been asked to visit the website of WAEC.
1. Go to https://www.waecdirect.org. which is the WAEC result checking portal.
2. Enter your WAEC Examination Number in the required column.
3. Select your Examination Year
4. Select your Examination Type which is “school candidate result”.
5. Then enter the Card Serial Number.
6. Enter the Card PIN afterwards.
7. Finally, click “Submit” button to get your 2020 WAEC Result.
