The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has released the result of the May/June 2010 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) four weeks ahead of schedule.
Head of the Nigeria National Office of the Council, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, who announced the release in Lagos yesterday, said some candidates’ results were withheld based on various reports of their alleged involvement in examination malpractices.
According to him, a total of 1,351,557 candidates, consisting of 739,664 males and 611,893 females sat for the examination. Of this number, he said 1,278,843 candidates, representing 94.62 percent have their results fully processed, while 72,714 candidates, representing 5.38 percent have a few of the subjects still being processed, saying that the Council was still sorting out various errors and omissions mostly traceable to the affected candidates.
These errors, he said were committed during the online registration and the actual conduct of the examination.
Further analysis showed that 1,058,806 candidates, representing 78.33 percent have two credits and above; 936,470, representing 68.84 percent have three credits and above; 806,583 candidates, representing 59.67 percent have four credits and above. Also, 677,007 candidates, 50.09 percent made five credits and above, while 534,841 candidates, 39.57 percent have six credits and above.
Of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, Uwadiae said 337,071 candidates, representing 24.94 percent obtained credits in English Language, Mathematics and at least three other subjects. Adding that a total of 451,187 candidates, 33.38 percent obtained credit and above in English Language, while 560,974 candidates, 41.50 percent obtained credit and above in Mathematics.
He said a total of 98 blind candidates also sat for the examination, from which 13 candidates, 13.27 percent obtained credits in five subjects, including English Language.
All reports on cases of involvement in examination malpractice, he said, have been compiled for presentation to the Nigeria Examinations Committee of the Council in November, adding that the Committee’s decision on the various cases would be communicated to the affected schools and candidates through the Council’s zonal and branch offices.
Uwadiae therefore advised candidates to check the detail of their performance at the schools that presented them for the examination or with their scratch cards on the Council’s results checking website: http://www.waecdirect.org/ from today.
Candidate should note that results would be accessible late friday 20/8/2010
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