"Missing component": WAEC shares fate of candidates with 'outstanding' in 2024 WASSCE subjects

WAEC speaks on outstanding 2024 WASSCE results. .. Photo credits: @waecnigeria, @waecdigitalcert.. Source: Twitter

• The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has promised that WASSCE candidates with held/withheld results will soon know their fate
• WAEC is an examination board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in the English-speaking West African countries
• The council also awards certificates comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities internationally

Yaba, Lagos state - The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) promised that candidates with “outstanding” in subject (s) taken in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) will have the issue resolved before mid-September.

The examination council, via a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, @waecnigeria, on Tuesday, August 13, explained that such candidates have “a missing component”.

WASSCE 2024: WAEC makes promise on 'outstanding results'

An X user, Omilola Ganiu Adebola, wrote on WAEC’s page that his son’s Chemistry result displayed “outstanding”. WAEC then responded:

“Candidates result has a missing component and is being resolved. It will eventually be released. Resolution period is usually around 2 - 4 weeks.”