The West African Examinations Council, WAEC
has released the May/June 2015 WASSCE results,
withholding the results of students in 13 states
that are owing the Council.
The Head of Nigerian Office, Mr Charles Eguridu
who disclosed this at its Yaba Office said:”Out of
1,593,442 candidates who sat for the
examinations, only 616,370 candidates,
representing 38.68% obtained credits in five
subjects and above including English Language
and Mathematics.”
Justifying the slight improvement in the results
from previous years, Eguridu said that in 2013, a
total candidates who obtained five credits in
English and Mathematics were 639,760
representing 38.30 per cent.
He said, in 2014, 529,425 representing 31.28 per
cent obtained five credits in English and
Mathemstics.
Meanwhile, Eguridu said that 6 states among the
19 states that are owing the Council have paid
their debt, left with 13 states.
The HNO who refused to disclosed the names of
indebted states explained that he would not want
politicians to hijacked the situation against their
opponents. He, however noted that if any of the
states that are owing can get an advanced
payment guarantee from any reputable banks,
students results in such states will be released.
His words: ” I alerted the nation on the challenges
which the Council was facing in Nigeria as a
result of this indebtedness, and its adverse effects
on our operations. I had stated then that the
Council may be constrained from releasing the
results of government-sponsored candidates of
the affected states.

“After my pronouncement, a few of the debtor
states responded by paying their debts fully or
partially; while a few others made promises,
indicating their willingness to pay as soon as they
are able to do so. Others have not made any
efforts in addressing the matter.
“After reviewing the situation, the Council has
decided that the results of government-sponsored
candidates of indebted states would be released if
such states endeavour to produce bank
guarantees, so that the Council will be assured
that the fees will be paid. This decision is in
appreciation of the general prevailing economic
challenges in the country, and in order not to
jeopardize the educational careers of the
candidates of the indebted states.”
He said that the results of 118,101 candidates,
representing 7.41% are being withheld in
connection with various cases of examination
malpractice. According to him, the cases of such
students are being investigated and reports of the
investigations will be presented to the Nigerian
Examinations Committee (NEC) of the Council in
due course for consideration.
Also, he noted that a total number of 109 blind
candidates registered for and sat the examination.
From this figure, 20 candidates, representing
18.34% obtained credit in 5 subjects, including
English Language and Mathematics.
In the brake down of results, Eguridu said: “A
total of 1,605,248 candidates registered for the
May/June 2015 WASSCE, out of which 1,593,442
candidates, consisting of 864,096 male and
729,346 female candidates sat the examination.
“Out of the total number of candidates who sat
the examination, 1,498,069 candidates,
representing 94.01% have their results fully
released, while 95,373 candidates, representing
5.99% have a few of their subjects still being
processed due to some errors mainly traceable to
the candidates and schools in the course of
registration or writing the examination.
” Such errors are being corrected by the Council
to enable the affected candidates get their results
fully processed and released subsequently.
“Of the total number of candidates that sat the
examination, 758,849 candidates, representing
47.62% obtained six (6) credits and above;
949,862 candidates, representing 59.61% obtained
five (5) credits and above, while 1,114,988
candidates, representing 69.97 % obtained credit
and above in four (4) subjects. In addition,
1,295,915 candidates, representing 78.81%
obtained credit and above in three (3) subjects,
while 1,376,743 candidates, representing 86.40%
obtained credit and above in two (2) subjects.
However, a total of 616,370 candidates,
representing 38.68%, obtained credit in five (5)
subjects and above, including English Language
and Mathematics.
“Candidates who sat the May/June 2015 WASSCE
will be able to check the details of their
performance on the Council’s results website:
www.waecdirect.org within the next 24 hours,” he
said.


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Ouch! Just saw a like on frontpage. But I think this is more FP worthy than the one there.