WAEC discloses duration examiners spend to mark all BECE scripts

The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it usually takes examiners 60 days to complete the marking of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) scripts of candidates.
In an interview monitored by Pretertiary.com, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, Mr John Kapi said each examiner is allocated at least between 250 and 300 BECE papers or scripts for a three-week period.
The spokesperson said examiners have finished marking all the 2024 BECE scripts contrary to claim the that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is not done with marking some of the examination papers.
Commenting on the delay in the release of Creative Arts and Design results of students who sat for the national examination, Kapi said his outfit by October 23, 2024, will release the pending results of the said subject.
“We are working around the clock and by the close of October 23, 2024, we should be able to release the results of the Creative Arts and Design,” the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the not-for-profit-making organization said.
In a separate interview, the WAEC spokesman said some mistakes made by its supervisors and prospective candidates who participated in the 2024 BECE contributed to the pending Creative Arts and Design results.
“The pending results are due to some mistakes made by our supervisors and candidates who did not follow instructions,” the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kapi said in an interview monitored by Pretertiary.com.
“For instance, your music script may be correctly marked by the music examiner, but the design section of that same script cannot be marked by the same examiner,” Kapi explained, emphasising the need for proper script handling to ensure accuracy.
He following the management of the West African Examinations Council’s swift response to address the Creative Arts and Desing results issue has urged parents and guardians to remain patient while WAEC continues processing the results.
“We want to appeal to parents and guardians to exercise restraint because we had our people working throughout the night, and hopefully, we will release those results soon,” the Public Relations Officer (PRO) stated.
A total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.
This includes 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.