Mass pass in WAEC examination
For the first time in the last five years, candidates who sat for the
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) May/June 2016 West African
Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) recorded mass pass as
878, 040 (52.97per cent) obtained five credits including English and
Mathematics.
Announcing the release of the school examination results at the Yaba WAEC headquarters along side his management team, the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said state sponsored candidates would not be able to access their results because of their state governments have not paid for the exam fees.
He also disclosed that 133 visually challenged candidates sat for the school exam out which 23 (17.29 per cent) of them recorded five credits including English Language and maths.
According to him, 1,552,758 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 1,544,234 candidates, consisting of 825,650 male representing 53.5 per cent and 718,585 female representing 46.5 per cent candidates sat the examination.
He added: ‘‘Out of the total number of candidates who sat the examination,1,393,907 candidates, representing 90.26 per cent had their results fully released, while 158,718 candidates, representing 9.74 per cent had a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.
Announcing the release of the school examination results at the Yaba WAEC headquarters along side his management team, the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said state sponsored candidates would not be able to access their results because of their state governments have not paid for the exam fees.
He also disclosed that 133 visually challenged candidates sat for the school exam out which 23 (17.29 per cent) of them recorded five credits including English Language and maths.
According to him, 1,552,758 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 1,544,234 candidates, consisting of 825,650 male representing 53.5 per cent and 718,585 female representing 46.5 per cent candidates sat the examination.
He added: ‘‘Out of the total number of candidates who sat the examination,1,393,907 candidates, representing 90.26 per cent had their results fully released, while 158,718 candidates, representing 9.74 per cent had a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.
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