WAEC New Grading System & Meaning

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has grading systems of which they use to interpret the performance of candidates after results are being released below.


I am going to highlight the WAEC Grading System and their Meaning for every candidates to get acquainted with and determine their performance of their examination.

Under the new WAEC grading system,

• A1 is Excellent,
• B2 Very Good,
• B3 Good,
• C4, C5 and C6 are interpreted as Credit,
• D7 and D8 are interpreted as Pass,
• while F9 is Fail.
• A1 and B2 in the WASSCE means Excellent,
• B3 is B (Very Good),
• C4 is C (Good),
• C5 and C6 are (Credit),
• D7 and E8 are E (Pass) and F9 is F (Fail).

GRADE	NUMERIC VALUE	INTERPRETATION
A1	1	EXCELLENT
B2	2	VERY GOOD
B3	3	GOOD
C4	4	CREDIT
C5	5	CREDIT
C6	6	CREDIT
D7	7	PASS
E8	8	PASS
F9	9	FAIL

Grade Definition In Percentage
A1 Excellent 75% – 100%
B2 Very good 70% – 74%
B3 Good 65%- 69%
C4 Credit 60% – 64%
C5 Credit 55% – 59%
C6 Credit 50% – 54%
D7 Pass 45% – 49%
E8 Pass 40% – 45%
F9 Failure 0% – 44%

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