Details of the May/June 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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 2016, 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://punchng.com/again-south-east-leads-in-wassce-performance-chart/

Lala...
Front page pls!

Almost all the South West Governors ( APC) do not value education.

The result of islamization in Osun state right there - a state were the importance of education seems to having taking precedence to petty issues such as the crummy hijab brouhaha by the islamist governor, this is what you get! Rubbing shoulders with the northern states in waec performance

I'm happy for my state Abia...

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nice development. You always reap what you sow. You cant neglect education in your state and expect magic

ndi igbo repping since time immemorial!! business education
and the state that produces proffesors in every family is ranked gini sef?

ndi igbo repping since time immemorial!! business education
and the state that produces professors in every family is ranked gini sef?

see as this useless ROCHAS has destroyed my state. We used to be number one till he came on with his lousy free education (fraud). Goes to show how useless leadership can impede on capacity.

I'm not surprised..over here in the North, you need to see how disoriented students looked during waec exams. Kudos to dem

This statistics only show how poor we value education in Nigeria, even the South Eastern States need to improve.
Shame on Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.

IPOB states doing thangs academically.

Ekehwinz:
IPOB states doing thangs academically.

They lead and those that call them miscreants follow

Wow! God help our youths









Pls check my signature

Dem no go carry am go Fp now. Bigot for.um

Let me see any afo njo that will say that the performance was because of special centre.

APC and their cohorts are failures.

Mynd44; lalasticlala; seun day don break o. Abeg let the world know that South East ti take over...

e no go ever better for rochas adamu okorocha.

Nwaoguta:
e no go ever better for rochas adamu okorocha.

IMO state use to be the 1st. Now 5th? haba this is not good

So u all didn't read were it was written 2015

sheddo619:
So u all didn't read were it was written 2015

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.

sheddo619:
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.

The error has been Corrected

I'm sure 80% of those eastern students will choose Western Universities.

That's Why I Love South-East, They Mght Not Be Good In Any Other Thing.



But In Terms Of Runs And Examination Malpratice, There Region Is The Best Destination In Nigeria.



Big Ups To You Guys.

STFUareyouG0d:
Wow! God help our youths








Pls check my signature

We will not check

TOMORROW SOME TRIBES WILL SAY THEY ARE THE MOST EDUCATED, NONSENSE.

misspicy:

We will not check

You've checked already. I can bet that

IGBO MURU NZE MUO OZO DALUNI.
CHAKEBENU UNU BU UGO,UGO BU NCHAKE NCHAKE KA OGA NA ACHAKE.

ndi ofe will not like this