The May/June
2012 West African
Senior School
Certificate
Examination
(WASSCE) result
released by the
examination body,
West African
Examination
Council (WAEC), on
Friday August 10,
has shown as
increase of about
8percent from last
year’s
performance. Iyi
Uwadiae, the head
of the Nigeria
National Office of
WAEC, made this
known during the
formal
announcement of
the release of the
results at the
council’s head
quarters in Lagos.
Uwadiae disclosed
that out of the
1,672,224
candidates that
sat for the
examination,
649,156
representing
38.81percent
obtained credits in
five subjects and
above including
English Language
and Mathematics,
which is an
increase of about
8percent to the
30.91percent
recorded in 2011.
According to the
WAEC boss, there
has been a
consistent
improvement in
the performance
of students in the
examination since
2010 which he
says “is an
indication that
investment in the
education sector,
particularly, under
the
transformation
agenda of the
present
administration is
beginning to yield
dividends.”
He said out of the
total number that
sat for the
examination,
1,545,004
candidates
representing
91.10percent have
their results fully
released while
150,874
candidates,
representing
8.90percent have
a few of their
subjects still being
processed due to
some errors mainly
traceable to the
candidates and
the schools in the
course of
registration and
writing of the
examination.
While disclosing
that the Council
was already
working to correct
the errors in order
to fully release the
results of the
affected
candidates,
Uwadiae
announced that
the results of a
total of 122,000
candidates,
representing
6.70percent were
being withheld in
connection with
cases of
examination
malpractices which
are being
investigated. This,
he noted was a
decline from last
year’s record,
noting that an
improvement in
performance
translates to a
decrease in
malpractices.
He however
announced that
candidates will be
able to check the
details of their
performance on
the Council’s
results website:
www.waecdirect.
org within the
next 48 hours.
Earlier, the WAEC
boss had lamented
the rate of
examination
malpractice in the
country, dearth of
qualified teachers
for Mathematics
and Science
related subjects
as well as
inadequate
facilities in both
public and private
schools and called
for improved
funding for the
educational sector.
Uwadiae who is
rounding off his
tenure as the
Head of Nigeria
National Office of
WAEC, will be
resuming office as
the registrar of
the Council in
Accra, Ghana by
October 1, 2012.
He will be
succeeded by
Mivoghenubo
Eguridu as the
Head of Nigeria
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