The 2023 National Primary School Examination (NPSE) results were released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Saturday 15th July 2023. Result packages are being prepared for forwarding to all schools that entered candidates. In the meanwhile, the Ministry has carried out an analysis of the results received by the MBSSE and is pleased to announce the following:
Entries
Entries for 2023 were 1,792 greater than for the 2022 NPSE. This is an increase of approximately 1%.
From the results received, the NPSE candidate entry for 2023 was 163,860 compared to 2022 when it was 162,068. The results received were for 4,790 primary schools compared to 4,635 in 2022. The entry figure comprised of 80,129 (48.9%) boys and 83,731 (51.1%) girls compared with 79,617 (49.1%) boys and 82,451 (50.9%) girls in 2022.
Sat 163,685 candidates (83,640 girls and 80,045 boys) sat at least one subject in the 2023 NPSE. A total of 175 candidates (91 girls and 84 boys) were absent for all subjects.
Performance
The highest aggregate T-score obtained in the 2023 NPSE was 339.
133,129 candidates comprising of 67,848 girls and 65,281 boys, passed the NPSE in 2023, compared to 131,433 candidates, comprising 65,152 boys and 66,281 girls, who passed the NPSE in 2022. (These are candidates whose aggregate scores were on or above the cut-off score of 230 stipulated by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education.) The passes correspond to an overall pass rate of 81.3%, a boys’ pass rate of 81.6% and a girls’ pass rate of 81.1%. The overall pass rate is very slightly above the 2022 pass rate of 81.2% and the girls’ pass rate of 80.5%. Despite the 2023 girls’ pass rate is slightly lower than that of the boys, it should be noted that more girls both sat and passed the examination than boys.
