12/08/2014
The West Africa Examination Council, WAEC
has released its May/June 2014 West
African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE) results.
DailyPost has gathered that this year’s
result recorded mass failure in
Mathematics
and English Language.
Announcing the results, Monday, at the
WAEC office, Yaba- Lagos, the Head of
National Office, WAEC, Mr. Charles Eguridu
said: “A total of 529,425 candidates,
representing 31.28%, obtained credits in
five (5) subjects and above, including
English Language and Mathematics.”
He noted that when compared to the 2012
and 2013 May/June WASSCE diets, there
was marginal decline in the performance
of
candidates as 38: 81 per cent was
recorded
in 2012 and 36.57 per cent in 2013.
Eguridu who disclosed that the results of
145,795 candidates, representing 8.61%,
were being withheld in connection with
different kinds of examination malpractice
said, “the cases are being investigated and
the reports of the investigations will be
presented in November to the Nigeria
Examinations Committee (NEC).”
He added that out of 1,692,435 candidates
that sat for the examination, 791,227
candidates, representing 46.75%, obtained
6 credits and above, just as a total of
982,472 candidates representing 58.05%,
obtained 5 credits and above.
In addition,
he stated that
1,148,262
candidates
representing 67.84 %, obtained credits
and
above in 4 subjects, while 1,293,389
candidates, representing 76.42%, obtained
credits and above in 3 subjects.