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WAEC Record Mass Failure, Nov/dec Gceresult Released by Nobody: 9:11am On Dec 19, 2014
Of the 246,853 candidates who sat for the
November/December 2014 West African Senior
School Certificate Examination, only 72,522
candidates, representing 29.37 per cent, obtained
credits in five subjects, including Mathematics
and English Language.
This puts the percentage of failed candidates
at 70.63 per cent.
However, the Head of the Nigeria National
Office, the West African Examinations Council,
Mr. Charles Eguridu, said there was an
improvement when compared with last year’s
26.97 per cent (amounting to 80,135 candidates)
who obtained five credits in five subjects,
including Mathematics and English Language.
Announcing the results in Lagos on Thursday,
Eguridu said there was a marked reduction in
examination malpractices.
He attributed this to recent measures, including
the introduction of biometric registration and
customised mathematical sets with inbuilt
calculators, taken to curb the scourge.
Notwithstanding efforts made to curb examination
frauds, Eguridu said WAEC withheld results of
28,817 candidates.
He said the results which represented 11.67 of
the number of candidates who wrote the
examination, were withheld for “various cases of
malpractices.”
The cases, according to him, are being
investigated with the reports of findings
expected to be presented to the National
Examination Committee for consideration.
The examination agency had withheld 38,260
results, equivalent of 12.88 per cent of the
total number of candidates who sat for the
examination in 2013 for similar reasons.
Short of the total figures are 5,691 candidates
(about 2.3 per cent) whose results, Eguridu said,
were still being processed for errors he blamed
on the candidates and cyber café operators.
He said, “Of the total number of candidates
that sat for the examination, 75,313 candidates
(30.5 per cent) obtained credits and above in six
subjects; 110,346 candidates (44. 7 per cent)
obtained credits and above in five.
“In addition, 145,036 candidates, representing 58.75
per cent, obtained credits and above in four
subjects while 177.177 candidates, representing
71.77 per cent, obtained credits and above in
three subjects. A total of 205,090 candidates
(83.08) obtained credits and above in two
subjects,” he presented.
The total number of candidates that sat for
the examination this year is 61,364 short of the
308,217 candidates that wrote it last year – a
decline of about 20 per cent.
There was also a shortfall of “blind candidates”
enrollment. The figure fell from 82 recorded
the previous year to 48. And while 17 of the
category of candidates obtained five credits in
2013, four achieved similar feat this year.

Re: WAEC Record Mass Failure, Nov/dec Gceresult Released by olatunji390(m): 9:14am On Dec 19, 2014
This technology is now in advance stage. We need to upgrade waec exam. It will continue to get worst because reading habit is now dieing.
Re: WAEC Record Mass Failure, Nov/dec Gceresult Released by NifemiOlu(m): 9:22am On Dec 19, 2014
They failed? And so?


Start blaming the government and teachers. When we are ready to restore the pride of standard education, we will act.





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Re: WAEC Record Mass Failure, Nov/dec Gceresult Released by Elcapo(m): 1:21pm On Dec 19, 2014
Heheee

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