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Again South East Leads In Wassce Performance Chat...abia Tops by nwadiuko1(m): 9:13am On Feb 05, 2016 |
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. www.punchng.com/again-south-east-leads-in-wassce-performance-chart/ |
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