WAEC via its twitter page responded to a
query on how to call for the re-mark of a
subject by a candidate.
The exam body explained that this can only
be done by the school were
the exam was
registered within 60 days of the release of
the result.
Of those that wrote the examination,
923,486 candidates, representing. 59.22%,
obtained minimum of credits in 5 subjects
& above, including English Language and
Mathematics.
This performance is better than for 2015
and 2016 where it was 38.68% and 52.97%,
respectively.
The Punch reports that Mr. Olu Adenipekun
who is the head of the WAEC national
office said some results were being
withheld due to error but promised that the
problems will be rectified.
He said: "Out of the total number of
candidates that sat for the examination,
1,471,151 candidates, representing 94.36
per cent, have their results fully processed
and released, while 95,734 candidates,
representing 5.64 per cent, have a few of
their subjects still being processed due to
errors traceable to the candidates in the
course of registration or writing the
examination.
"Such errors are being corrected by the
Council to enable the affected candidates
get their results fully processed and
released."