Mmachi Tobechukwu
Member
FULL MEANING OF WAEC RESULT STATUS 
Read and make sure you forward this to other candidates.
*When checking your WAEC result, you may come across different status messages.* Here's what each one means:
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1. Outstanding*
This means your result in one or more subjects is still being processed. It may occur if an answer booklet or additional answer sheet is yet to be fully verified or processed.
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Chances of release: Very high.*
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2. Withheld*
_This means WAEC has temporarily withheld your result due to suspected examination malpractice. The Council will investigate before making a final decision._
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Chances of release: It depends on the outcome of the investigation.*
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3. Held*
This indicates that your result has been placed under review, often because WAEC needs to verify specific issues relating to your script or examination.
*If the investigation clears you, your result may be released.*
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If malpractice is confirmed, the result may be cancelled._
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4. Result Not Available*
This may happen because:
• Your result has not yet been uploaded.
• You selected the wrong examination year or exam type while checking your result.
• There may be a temporary system issue.
*Wait for a while and try again using the correct details.*
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*5. Indebted*
*This means your school has outstanding financial obligations to WAEC. In such cases, the Council may delay the release of results for affected candidates until the issue is resolved.*
Contact your school for further information.
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* 6. Cancelled*
This means WAEC has concluded that examination malpractice or another serious examination offence occurred.
Read and make sure you forward this to other candidates.
*When checking your WAEC result, you may come across different status messages.* Here's what each one means:
*
1. Outstanding* This means your result in one or more subjects is still being processed. It may occur if an answer booklet or additional answer sheet is yet to be fully verified or processed.
*
Chances of release: Very high.* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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2. Withheld* _This means WAEC has temporarily withheld your result due to suspected examination malpractice. The Council will investigate before making a final decision._
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Chances of release: It depends on the outcome of the investigation.* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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3. Held* This indicates that your result has been placed under review, often because WAEC needs to verify specific issues relating to your script or examination.
*If the investigation clears you, your result may be released.*
_
If malpractice is confirmed, the result may be cancelled._ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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4. Result Not Available* This may happen because:
• Your result has not yet been uploaded.
• You selected the wrong examination year or exam type while checking your result.
• There may be a temporary system issue.
*Wait for a while and try again using the correct details.*
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*5. Indebted*
*This means your school has outstanding financial obligations to WAEC. In such cases, the Council may delay the release of results for affected candidates until the issue is resolved.*
Contact your school for further information.
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6. Cancelled* This means WAEC has concluded that examination malpractice or another serious examination offence occurred.