WAEC GCE result statistics have been
announced. Over 70 percent of participants
failed to make five credits, Mathematics
and English Language inclusive, according
to the exams body.
The Head, National Office of the Council,
Charles Eguridu, has announced the
release of the West African Senior School
Certificate Examination, WASSCE
November/December Results for Private
Candidates on Thursday at a news
conference in Lagos.
From the report reaching us, only 72,522
candidates, representing 29.27% obtained
credits in five subjects and above,
including English Language and
Mathematics.
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In 2013, out of 298,971 candidates who
sat for the exams, a total of 86,612
candidates, representing, 29.17 percent
obtained credits in 5 subjects and above
including English Language and
Mathematics.
The 2014 performance improved dismally
upon the 2013 record, at less than one
percent.
The examination body said it withheld
28,817 results.
According to Mr. Eguridu, the results were
not released because they were
connected to examination malpractice.
He said such cases were already being
investigated and that the reports of the
investigations would be presented to the
Nigeria Examination Committee (NEC) of
the council for consideration.
Mr. Eguridu said the committee’s decision
would be communicated to the affected
candidates in due course.
Giving a further breakdown of the results
of candidates, he said 132,521 male and
114,332 female candidates sat for the
examination.
He noted that of the figure, a total of
241,161 candidates representing 97.69 per
cent had their results fully released, while
5,691 others, representing 2.31 per cent
had a few of their subjects still being
processed, due to some errors.
Mr. Eguridu said that the errors were
mainly traceable to the candidates and
cyber cafés in the course of registration or
writing the examination.
He explained that the errors were already
being corrected by the council, to enable
the affected candidates get their results.
Mr. Eguridu said that a total of 75,313
candidates, obtained six credits and
above, while 110,346 others obtained five
credits and above.
According to him, 145,036 candidates
representing 58.75 percent obtained
credits and above in four subjects, while
177,177 others representing 71.77 percent
obtained credits and above in three
subjects.
He said that a total of 205,090 candidates
obtained credits and above in two
subjects.
He said that a total of 48 blind candidates
registered and sat for the examination,
with four of them obtaining credits in five
subjects, including English Language and
Mathematics.
Walk-in-Candidates
Mr. Eguridu said that the result, when
compared to 2012 and 2013 results,
showed a marked increase in candidates’
performance.
He noted that as an organisation that was
innovation driven, the council had
introduced the “Walk-in-Candidates”
registration.
According to him, the platform allows
intending candidates who were unable to
register during the normal registration
period to register and sit for the
examination.
Mr. Eguridu noted that the 2014 Nov./Dec.
WASSCE recorded a total of 701 `Walk-in-
Candidates’ who registered and sat for the
examination.
On how the council was able to conduct
the examination in some states with
security concerns, Mr. Eguridu lauded the
joint efforts of the Federal and the
affected state governments.
He also commended other security
agencies for providing the council with
enough security through the conduct of
the examination.
“I must say that we faced a lot of
challenges, moving our materials and men
to such areas. But I think at the end of the
day, we equally have to thank God that no
casualty was recorded,’’ he said.
Mr. Eguridu, however, urged candidates
who sat for the examination to check the
details of their performance on the
council’s result website, within the next 48
hours.
He said in order to maintain uniformity,
guard against malpractice and improve
standards, the council had designed and
introduced customised, transparent
mathematical sets, with an in-built non-
programmable scientific calculator.
Mr. Eguridu said the calculator would help
in ensuring conformity with the rules and
regulations of the examination.
He said the council had continued its
quest of improving its service delivery
system, particularly through the
deployment of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT).
Mr. Eguridu noted that during the Nov./
Dec. examination, the council deployed
biometric technology in the registration of
candidates.
He added that the data captured during
the registration formed the basis for the
identification of candidates and taking of
attendance during examination.
(NAN)