The West African Examination Council has said that, of the 1,590,173 candidates who registered and sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates, female candidates outshine their male counterparts in getting a minimum of five credits, including English Language and Mathematics.

This was made known by WAEC’s Head of Nigeria National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, at a briefing on Friday at the Council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos.

Adenipekun also disclosed that 64.18 per cent of the candidates who sat for the examination obtained five credits, a 14.18 per cent increase from the 50 per cent of 2018.

“A total of 1,596,161 candidates registered for the examination from 18,639 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria.

Of that number, 1,590,173 candidates sat for the examination, among which 822,098 were male while 768,075 were female, representing 51.70 per cent and 48.30 per cent respectively.

“No fewer than 1,309,570 candidates representing 82.35 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects, i.e with or without English Language and/or Mathematics; while 1,020,519 candidates, representing 64.18 per cent, obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

“Of this number, 507,862, that is 49.77 per cent, were males and 512,657, that is 50.23 per cent, were female candidates.

“The percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for School Candidates was 50 per cent in 2018,” Adenipekun said.

The WAEC Nigeria boss further disclosed that the results of 1,468,071 candidates, representing 92.32 per cent of candidates that sat for the examination, were fully processed; while 122,102, representing 7.68 per cent of candidates that sat for the examination had a few of their subjects still being processed.

Source: https://waecinfo.com.ng/waec-result-2019-statistics-females-outshines-males/

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Normal...

Simply means malpractice Favours the female gender.

Wetn dem dey think , boys r tinkn of how to make money jare

Believe it or not, females are doing better in education lately, in my faculty, female has been our best graduating student for the past 5 years.

It has always been like that. When i graduated, we had only 4male students with 2nd Class upper Division, and more than 45 female students. And ofcourse i was among the 4male students..

So?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLqVKIrfNQ

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Buhari own is finally there abi?

When the males are busy doing yahoo yahoo and supporting Atiku

And so?



Does that make one dollar equal to one naira

....another unnecessary gender war is about to start here

Maybe more female candidates

Scratch that

Kudos to the brilliant girls

Ladies are actually very smart. I pity men who undermine how intelligent and useful they can be.

autotrader014:
It has always been like that. When i graduated, we had only 4male students with 2nd Class upper Division, and more than 45 female students. And ofcourse i was among the 4male students..

Haba 4 vs 45? Did you study Home Economics in the university?

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But wait ooo.i no go agree for this one.why female come pass male.are they more intelligent than the male.maybe them do wuru_wuru

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openmine:
....another unnecessary gender war is about to start here

Then when they break it down by tribe, it becomes tribal war.
Finally, when they break it down by religion it becomes religious war.

Just be happy for the successful candidates and go. There was a time that girls were not allowed to go to school. This is progress.

Honor10:
Believe it or not, females are doing better in education lately, in my faculty, female has been our best graduating student for the past 5 years.

They are not under pressure like the male counterparts

Chuvin22:
Simply means malpractice Favours the female gender.

How does this even make sense to you?

What is this supposed to mean?

Truth be told, females are much more serious in n academics than males dese days