Some 214,952 candidates cheated in the May-June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and their results have been seized by the authorities.
Mr.
Olu Adenipekun, Head of National Office of the West African Examination
Council, WAEC, announced this in Lagos as he also announced the cheering news
of a seven percent improvement in the number of candidates that passed the
examination with five credits.
Last
year, 52.9 percent of the candidates recorded the feat. The number jumped to 59.22
percent this year, out of the 1,559,662 candidates that sat for the
examination.
Adenipekun
said WAEC is still investigating the exam cheats and that the schools of the
students would be duly informed soon.
“The
cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be
presented to the appropriate committee of the council in due course for
consideration.
“The
committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through
their schools,’’ he said.
He
said that 923,486 of the 1,559,162 candidates that sat for the examination,
obtained a minimum of credits in five subjects and above, including English
Language and Mathematics.
The
official said the percentage of candidates in this category in the WASSCE for
school candidates was an improvement on what was obtained in the same
examination in both 2015 and 2016, with 38.68 and 52.97 respectively.
Giving
a further breakdown of the results, the WAEC boss said that 1,084,214
candidates, representing 69.94 per cent, obtained credits and above in six
subjects.
He
said that 1,243,772 candidates, representing 87.05 per cent, obtained credits
and above in four subjects.
Adenipekun
added that 1,436,024 candidates, representing 92.44 per cent, obtained credits
and above in three subjects, while 1,490,356, representing 95.59 per cent,
obtained credits and above in two subjects.
He
added that of the 1,559,162 candidates that sat for the examination, 1,471,151,
representing 94.36 per cent, had their results fully processed and released.
The
official said that 95,734 others, representing 5.64 per cent, had a few of
their subjects still being processed due to errors traceable to the candidates
in the course of registration or writing the examination.
“Such
errors are being corrected by the council to enable the affected candidates get
their results fully processed and released subsequently,’’ Adenipekun said.
The
head of national office commended the supervisors, examiners, and other persons
for their immense contributions in ensuring a smooth conduct of the examination.
“The
coordination and marking of candidates’ scripts for the 2017 WASSCE for schools
was successfully held between May 24 and June 11 at 83 marking venues spread
across the country.
“Having
said this, we will like to state also that the Nigeria National Office of the
council has concluded arrangements to commence the conduct of the WASSCE for
private candidates from January/ February 2018.
“This
is part of our commitment in ensuring quality service delivery to the Nigerian
public.
“I
also want to seize this opportunity to inform you that with the upgrade of the
council’s ICT facilities, particularly the recently commissioned HP Converged
System – a private cloud, the compability of the council’s ICT has now been
enhanced,’’ he said.
The
WAEC official called on candidates who sat for the examination to check the
details of their performance on the council’s result website within the next
few hours. (NAN)
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