The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for candidates who sat the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates, 2026.

According to the statement, the Council will dispatch the results of school candidates to their respective schools through the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Directors of Education.

It further directed that the results are available on the Council's official website at www.waecah.org for candidates who wish to access them online.

The statement revealed that a total of 620,243 candidates, comprising 304,415 males and 315,828 females from 20,789 participating schools, sat the school examination.

It cited that 136 candidates had visual impairments, 282 had hearing assessment needs and 510 candidates had other test accommodation needs.

WAEC expressed that the examination was conducted at 2,237 centres across the country, stating that, of the total number, 3,601 candidates were absent.

The Council noted that, following the completion of investigations into a number of irregularities detected during the conduct of the examination and the marking of scripts, the 37th Meeting of the Final Awards and Examiners' Appointment Committee for the BECE, 2026, held on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, approved the following sanctions for examination malpractices:

"Cancellation of subject results of 496 candidates; Cancellation of entire results of 105 candidates; Withholding of subject results of 119 candidates; Withholding of entire results of 48 candidates."

Meanwhile, the subject results of 2,722 candidates from 229 schools have been withheld for further scrutiny.

It was disclosed that the withheld results may be cancelled or released based on the outcome of investigations by August 31, 2026.

The Council urged candidates whose results have been cancelled or withheld to visit https://irreg.waecgh.org and click on the withheld/cancelled button on the home page, asserting that they will be redirected to the irregularity and investigations page.

However, WAEC assured that the page will display reasons for withholding or cancelling the results. "For withheld results, the candidates will receive information on the next line of action."