WAEC Result: Meaning Of Held, Witheld, Outstanding And Others
Maybe you’ve checked your WAEC result and you see some terms like hed, withheld, outstanding or no result for this candidate in the specified year, I think you have to know what they really mean.
What does it mean when WAEC held/withheld results? What does it mean to have outstanding in some subjects in WAEC result? What does it mean to be replied by WAEC server with ‘No Result For This Candidate in the specified year‘?
Some candidates were shown one of the tags Italicized above in the course of checking their WAEC Result Online. We have decided to define these terms so that candidates will be able to know where they fall in and the probability of getting their results released.
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Meaning of Withheld WAEC Result
This occurs when almost all the candidates in a particular centre had same grade. WAEC will further investigate the result. If truly the candidates engaged in any form of malpractice during the exam, such results would be seized and not released. But if reverse is the case, they would be released.
Possibility of release: Slim
Meaning of held WAEC Result
Almost the same thing with withheld. Held result mostly occurs when a written remark is made on a candidate answer booklet relating to malpractice and other examination offences.
Possibility of release: Slim
Meaning of Outstanding in WAEC Result
Outstanding in some subject(s) mostly occur when a student is recorded as present in exams, but the mark on the subject(s) are not concluded. It can also be caused by an extra answer sheet. i.e. when not properly attached or some other factors.
Possibility of release: Medium
Meaning of ‘No Result For This Candidate in the specified year‘ in WAEC Result
This often happened to candidates that registered with special centres.
Possibility of release: Slim
If you are not guilty of any examination offences and your result shows any of the tags stated above, there is a high possibility of release.
Conclusively, if you/your centre engaged in examination malpractice, don’t fool yourself, WAEC might have caught you.
