Lagos – The West African
Examinations Council (WAEC) on
Friday said it withheld the results
of 112,000 candidates who sat
for the May/June 2012 West
African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE).
Dr Iyi Uwadiae, Head of National
Office of WAEC, who addressed
newsmen in Lagos, said that the
results were withheld over
examination malpractices.
“I want to say that these cases
are already being investigated
and the reports of our findings
will be presented to the Nigerian
Examinations Committee (NEC)
of the council in due course for
consideration.
“The committee’s decision will
be communicated to the affected
candidates through their
schools,” he said.
Giving a breakdown of the
results, he disclosed that only
1,672,224 of the 1,695,878
candidates who registered for
the examination nationwide sat
for it.
He said that those who sat for
the examination include 923,974
males and 748,250 females and
that only 1,545,004 had their
results fully released.
Uwadiae said that a few subjects
of 150,874 other candidates
were still being processed, due
to some errors mainly traceable
to the candidates and schools in
the course of registration or
writing the examination.
He disclosed that 771,731
candidates had six credits and
above, 952,156 others had five
credits and above while
1,107,747 had credits and above
in four subjects.
Uwadiae said that 1,246,729 had
credits and above in three
subjects and 1,380,596 obtained
credits and above in just two
subjects.
The head of national office said
a total of 649,156 candidates
who sat for the examination
obtained credits in five subjects
and above, including English
Language and Mathematics
He said that out of the 114 blind
candidates that registered for
the examination, only 95 sat for
it and 21 of them had credits in
five subjects including English
Language.
He said that blind candidates
were usually not allowed to take
Mathematics and Science
practicals.
Uwadiae said that the
performance of candidates was
an improvement, compared to
previous years.
“This year’s results have shown
an improvement on the 23.71
per cent of candidates who
obtained credits in five subjects,
including English Language and
Mathematics in a similar
examination in 2010.
“This year’s 649,156 candidates
with that record, represented
38.81 per cent and I can say that
this is a marked improvement in
the performance of the
candidates,” he said.
Uwadiae attributed the
improvement to the investment
made by the current
administration in the education
sector, which he said, was in line
with the transformation agenda.
He urged candidates to check for
the details of their performance
on the council’s result website
within the next 48 hours. (NAN)