No candidate qualified for university admission from four Federal Government colleges in the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination where Abia State topped the performance register, CHARLES ABAH writes

Details of the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination emerged on Thursday with states in the South-East, again, leading in the performance chart of candidates who obtained credits in at least five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

Abia State topped the chart with 33, 762 of its 52, 801 candidates.This came as no candidate obtained five credits and above, including English and Mathematics from four Federal Government colleges.The schools are the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, Gombe State; FGGC, Bauchi; FGGC Gboko, and the Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan.

To secure university admission in the country, a candidate must obtain credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

Anambra State came second with 28, 379 out of 46, 385 candidates. While Abia State scored 63.94 per cent, Anambra got 61.18 per cent out of 100 per cent.Edo State took the third position with 38, 052 of its 62, 327 candidates getting five credits and above. It had 61.05 per cent. Rivers and Imo states came fourth and fifth respectively.

In the 2014 May/June WASSCE rankings, Anambra State led the pack, while Abia State came second.

However, with 4.37 per cent, Yobe State came last on the 2015 rankings list with only 646 candidates obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics. Fourteen thousand, seven hundred and eight-four pupils, comprising 10, 807 males and 3,977 females, sat for the examination in the state.

Aside from Yobe State, seven other northern states occupied the rear positions in the rankings involving the 36 states and Abuja. They are Zamfara (36th), Jigawa (35th), Gombe (34th), Katsina (33rd), Kebbi (32nd) Bauchi (31st) and Sokoto (30th).Lagos with 68, 173 out of 141, 963 candidates that sat for the examination placed sixth on the rankings. In fact, 32, 595 males and 35, 578 females obtained the required benchmark for university admission.

The statistics obtained exclusively by our correspondent on Thursday also revealed that Osun and Oyo states placed 29th and 26th respectively. While 8,801 candidates out of 48,818 obtained the basic entry requirement for university admission in Osun, Oyo State recorded only 21.03 per cent success in the examination.

Of the 78,896 candidates Oyo State presented, only 16,588 of them obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics.The breakdown, according to a WAEC source, is the consolidated results approved by the council following its National Examinations Committee meeting held in November.

One million five hundred and ninety thousand, two hundred and eighty-four candidates sat for the examination in which only 562, 413 candidates obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

In other words, 1,029,871 representing 64.63 per cent failed to obtain admission requirement to the nation’s universities.The former Head of National of the council, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced the release of the results last August.

A further breakdown of the 2015 results, showed that the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th positions went to Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu and Ebonyi states in that order. Ekiti State placed 11th with 8,954 out of its 21, 333 candidates that sat for the examination getting the required admission benchmark.

Kaduna, Ondo, Abuja, Kogi, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Kwara states came 12th, 13th, 14, 15th and 16th in that order.Ogun State with 75,994 candidates occupied the 19th position. The state bagged 32.89 per cent with its 25, 006 candidates, comprising 12,059 males and 12, 947 females, obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

In the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25 slots are Cross River, Taraba, Plateau, Nassarawa, Kano and Borno states in that order. While 15,903 candidates out of 62,511 obtained the benchmark in Kano, 5,347 out of 21,695 got the same results in Borno.

Niger and Adamawa states occupy the rankings list ahead of Osun State. They placed 27th and 28th. While Osun State recorded 18.03 per cent success, Niger and Adamawa states got 19.66 and 18.08 per cent respectively.

Meanwhile, in the performance register for the 104 Federal Government colleges in the same examination, the Federal Government Girls’ College, Benin, outshined the others with 230 of its 232 pupils getting the university admission yardstick.

The Federal Government Girls’ College, Kazaure, occupied the second slot with only two of its pupils also missing the benchmark. But while FGGC Benin, obtained 99.14 per cent, its Kazaure counterpart, got 98.10 per cent.

The breakdown showed that the Federal Government College, Rubochi, came third with its 146 candidates, comprising 94 males and 52 females, out of 156 that sat for the examination putting up good showings.

The Federal Government Academy, Suleja; FGC, Okigwe, and the FGC, Nise, came fourth, fifth and sixth.From the Unity schools in Lagos, the FGC, Ijanikin, which occupied the seventh position in the rankings, emerged the best in the state with 357 out of its 387 candidates that sat for the examination obtaining the basic university entry requirement.

It came ahead of the over 100-year-old Kings College (18th), Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba (21st) and the Queens College (54th). While 361 out of 452 candidates obtained their papers at KC, 181 out of 413 females succeeded at QC.

Occupying the eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th positions are the FGC, Okposi; FGC, Ikole-Ekiti; FGGC Efon-Alaye; FGGC, Minjibir, and the FGC, Jos, in that order.

From the statistics, The PUNCH findings revealed that of the 74 candidates that sat for the examination at the FGGC, Bajoga, no one got the basic admission requirement.

It was the scenario at the FGGC, Bauchi and Gboko. Whereas 143 candidates sat for the examination in the Bauchi school, 144 females did the same at the FGGC, Gboko.

For the FSTC, Kafanchan, of the 40 candidates, comprising 29 males and 11 females that sat for the examination, no one also obtained the minimum entry requirements to the university.

Of the 26 Unity schools occupying the rear positions on the performance chart, 22 of them are located in the North. The other four colleges are the FGGC, Ikot Obio Itong, Ukam at 89th position; FGGC, Calabar (92nd); FSTC, Uyo (93rd) and the FGC, Idoani, Ondo State occupying the 96th position.

In the May/June 2014 WASSCE, 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28 per cent of the candidates, obtained the minimum university entry requirement. One million, six hundred and ninety-two thousand, four hundred and thirty-five candidates sat for the examination that year.

In May/June 2013, 639,334 candidates, representing 38.30 per cent, qualified to seek admission to university in the country. One million five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and eight-three candidates sat for the examination.

source:http://www.punchng.com/again-south-east-leads-in-wassce-performance-chart/

Miracle centers, !
Nothing new.

PentiumPro:
Miracle centers, !
Nothing new.

PentiumPro please I don't want you to die of Lassa fever, I want you die of heart attack caused by envy...dey shine teeth like masquerade...

SonOfEl:


PentiumPro please I don't want you to die of Lassa fever, I won't you die of heart attack caused by envy...dey shine teeth like masquerade...

Hahahaha
Law School, ICAN, COREN, Medical school and all other professional bodies in Nigeria says the contrary.
Why don't you excel in Professional exams like you do in WASSCE?

More budgetary allocation needs to be made to the Educational Sector. In doing so, attention should be seriously paid to Teacher training. For instance, having a First Class in mathematics does not mean that one can teach it well as the later requires a totally different skill-set. The ability to impart knowledge is a different skill on its own because one may know something but lack the skill to teach it. We seriously need to restructure our educational sector from bottom down

PentiumPro:


Hahahaha
Law School, ICAN, COREN, Medical school and all other professional bodies in Nigeria says the contrary.
Why don't you excel in Professional exams like you do in WASSCE?

Get the list of professional exams and see if we don't excel....lame excuse of yours to save face....always shifting the goal post....

One just ask the question how many can defend their result.

PentiumPro:
Miracle centers, !
Nothing new.

Miracle no reach your side? Nobey your rigion all the occultist group get headquarters, abey this one pass their power.

Few days ago military went to technological city of Nnewi, yesterday was industrial city of Aba oboy, these two states are just competing among themselves

Igbos always leading the pack.....

PentiumPro:
Miracle centers, !
Nothing new.

Legodu ekworo mmadu naeburu ndi ozo nihi na ha abughi ndi Ofei'
Gwam ihe mere Naijiria agaghi ekewaa site na obi ojoo a nīle juru ebe nīle
Ażigbakwa gi!!!

Imo dropped from 1st position to 5th position from last year. Rochas should really pick up

Anambra still maintaining 2nd since last year...an upgrade is needed.

Enugu is a huge disappointment in education, although Sullivan never focused on education, ugwuanyi should start up

Those of you calling it miracle centres should know anambra has won all the international awards on eduction for nigeria this year alone, I guess miracle centres are in Asia, Europe and UK as well...

The way south west is going down the drain in Education,the may soon discover oil.
When most of their youths spend valuable time online defending Tinubu and his cohorts and hating on others,i doubt if education is still a priority in that region.

We are leading, in WAEC, NECO, JAMB, Public schools entrance exam, National debate etc while the lazy ones, jealous ones are busy hating and accusing us what a funny world?

OP I can't see any chart oh. Abi chart get another meaning?

SonOfEl:


Get the list of professional exams and see if we don't excel....lame excuse of yours to save face....always shifting the goal post....

Obviously you are just one of the product of those evening miracle classes.

In Chiwetara Agu's Voice -
Igwe Like I Said " Can we send our primary school pupils to go and help students in the North write their WASSCE?

PentiumPro:


Obviously you are just one of the product of those evening miracle classes.

.....then rants follow suit....you have just proved it.

SonOfEl:


.....then rants follow suit....you have just proved it.

Enjoy your delusion. You aren't paying for it.

PentiumPro:


Enjoy your delusion. You aren't paying for it.

Keep shining your teeth... Even shame sef dey shame for you.

SonOfEl:


[s]Keep shining your teeth... Even shame sef dey shame for you[/s].

Enjoy your miracle performance

http://lightonline.com.ng/index.php/2015/10/22/miracle-centres-kill-our-children-omenugha/

https://www.nairaland.com/1823420/anambra-close-486-exam-miracle

https://www.students.com.ng/waec-special-centre-candidate-poison-propriator-for-failure/

COMMISSIONER for Education, Kate Omenugha, has warned parents to stop patronizing so called ‘Miracle Centres’ for their children to pass Senior Secondary School Examination and Joint Admission Matriculation Examinations because it has killed the zeal for studies among the children.

Speaking during the interactive meeting of all community women leaders in Anambra State, which organized by the Ministry for Women Affairs and Social Development, at Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, Prof. Omenugha reiterated that children no longer read because of the encouragements they get from their parents, who sponsor them to far away states because of miracle centers”.

Make una no dey open una yansh with this sort of threads.

THESE ‘miracle’ centres mostly in South Eastern Nigeria are examination centres for public examinations like JAMB, NECO, NABTEB and WASCE and the GCE where candidates are guaranteed success in these examinations irrespective of their capabilities or levels of preparation. For a fee, usually astronomical, the candidates are encouraged and facilitated to abase all examination rules and regulations in order to pass the examinations. In some cases, examination centres in rural and distant places, where access roads are bad, provide ample opportunities to perpetrate these examination malpractices on a grand scale. If the examination supervisor, invigilators are amenable, it can be good business, and where these supervisors or invigilators are too strict, it could pose a dangerous threat to their lives.

Wow, kudos.

The home of the rising sun. The sun rises from the east and why won't the east lead in intelligence

PentiumPro:


Enjoy your miracle performance

http://lightonline.com.ng/index.php/2015/10/22/miracle-centres-kill-our-children-omenugha/

https://www.nairaland.com/1823420/anambra-close-486-exam-miracle



Make una no dey open una yansh with this sort of threads.

At Least 486 centers were closed down. which shows the state government do not condone such how many have been closed in your state?. Your hatred wont allow you see your through your quoted text.

. who sponsor them to far away states because of miracle centers”. . Its simpe those students were not part of the assessment in their state. They did their waec exam in other states. If I am from kano but school in lagos my waec result would not be part of the assessmnet in kano but in lagos. Lets stop all these ethnic bigotry and promote peace. cheers

cheruv:

Legodu ekworo mmadu naeburu ndi ozo nihi na ha abughi ndi Ofei'
Gwam ihe mere Naijiria agaghi ekewaa site na obi ojoo a nīle juru ebe nīle
Ażigbakwa gi!!!

Mazi Cheruv biko hapu onye-nzuzu ahu ka ona ako inyo. Nna Anyi Chinua Achebe kwuru na site n'afo 1930AD ka ndi Igbo bidoro gbawa onye mbu n'ala Nigeria. N'agbanyegi na awolowo (nke mechara nua otapiapia) mere ka akwukwo buru n'efu n'ala Yoruba ogbochigi anyi ibu ndi mbu. Ibia na ule JAMB, WAEC, UNITY SCHOOL na ndi ozo anyi wu ndi mbu. Igbo bu ndi chukwu goziri agozi di ka ndi Germany, Jew na China mana anya ukwu na ekworo emela ka ndi ofe mmanu kpo anyi asi. Igbo Bu Oke Mba!!! *** N'iji tinye okwu, ndi ofe na ndi ugwu mara nke oma na ubochi ndi Igbo ga esi na obodo zoo puo ka uwa ga achi ha ochi ya mere ha achoghi iji nti anu maka ya. Anyi ga aga n'ihu n'agba ochichi Buhari na APC mgba okpuru ma rue mgbe anyi ga achiwa onwe anyi ma obu ochichi mpahara nke ana akpo true federalism na bekee.

CCsurplus007:


At Least 486 centers were closed down. which shows the state government do not condone such how many have been[sup][/sup] closed in your state?. Your hatred wont allow you see your through your quoted text.

. who sponsor them to far away states because of miracle centers”. . Its simpe those students were not part of the assessment in their state. They did their waec exam in other states. If I am from kano but school in lagos my waec result would not be part of the assessmnet in kano but in lagos. Lets stop all these ethnic bigotry and promote peace. cheers

There is no ethnic bigotry anywhere, just exposing what is on ground. The Federal ministry of Education is well aware of the shenanigans going on in the name of examinations in that part of the country.

CCsurplus007:


At Least 486 centers were closed down. which shows the state government do not condone such how many have been[sup][/sup] closed in your state?. Your hatred wont allow you see your through your quoted text.

. who sponsor them to far away states because of miracle centers”. . Its simpe those students were not part of the assessment in their state. They did their waec exam in other states. If I am from kano but school in lagos my waec result would not be part of the assessmnet in kano but in lagos. Lets stop all these ethnic bigotry and promote peace. cheers

My dear are you minding the mumu pentiumpro? Anyway, she has helped prove that we expose and do not condone exam malpractice. Many Abia schools have been given back to missionaries who were the original owners of the school, making the state expenses for running state schools cheap, thus, bringing about better funding for schools. Privates schools are only given blueprint for minimal requirements and I tell you, they are trying to compete favorably with a lot of these missionary schools...

PentiumPro:


There is no ethnic bigotry anywhere, just exposing what is on ground. The Federal ministry of Education is well aware of the shenanigans going on in the name of examinations in that part of the country.

Oyo, osun, ekiti, ondo, and even Lagos drowns in exam malpractice. Secondly, your penchant for education is overestimated..... Fake. Better think of how you will develop basic education in your region before pointing. I thought SW was the education capital of Nigeria?

Thank God for UNN, FUTO, UNIZIK, MOUAU....these schools and their specializations HSS written your awolowo syndrome off.

Even if you look into the indigenes who do well in these SW schools, they are mainly igbos and other tribes in the SS region.

Pls die of envy.

Not surprised this is what southeast region does every year so it has become our trademark

SonOfEl:


[s]Oyo, osun, ekiti, ondo, and even Lagos drowns in exam malpractice. Secondly, your penchant for education is overestimated..... Fake. Better think of how you will develop basic education in your region before pointing. I thought SW was the education capital of Nigeria?

Thank God for UNN, FUTO, UNIZIK, MOUAU....these schools and their specializations HSS written your awolowo syndrome off.

Even if you look into the indigenes who do well in these SW schools, they are mainly igbos and other tribes in the SS region.

Pls die of envy[/s].

Stop your evil ways.
Miracle examination center.
Miracle baby center aka baby factory.

PentiumPro:
Miracle centers, !
Nothing new.

onye ofe mmanu dnt die of anya ukwu and envy o.tufiakwa.
how can diz country maintain oneness when u and ur pple are full of envy? .

u read a commendable news like diz n all u could do is hate!

SMH FOR U

kaycii1:


[s]onye ofe mmanu dnt die of anya ukwu and anvy o.tufiakwa.
how can diz country maintain oneness when u and ur pple are full of envy? .

u read a commendable news like diz n all u could do is hate!

SMH FOR U[/s]

When you point out the obvious to the Ipob youth, he calls it envy.