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Abia,other South East States Leads In WAEC Performance Chart by MyX1: 7:25am On Feb 06, 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. |
Re: Abia,other South East States Leads In WAEC Performance Chart by AngryNigerian(m): 7:26am On Feb 06, 2016 |
Ehenuu, anyi ò na-achi kwanu! |
Re: Abia,other South East States Leads In WAEC Performance Chart by Judeoxide(m): 7:34am On Feb 06, 2016 |
In that region. You dont write waec there without passing..it just like, register and wait for your result.. Not register writte exam.. And wait.. Them don do business finish talk more of to pass waec?? |
Re: Abia,other South East States Leads In WAEC Performance Chart by ogaontop(m): 7:50am On Feb 06, 2016 |
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