The
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of
the 2016 Nov/Dec West African Senior School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) for Private Candidates with a total of 66,497 (38.50 per cent)
of the 172,699 candidates that sat for the examination obtaining credits
in five subjects and above, including English Language and
Mathematics.
Announcing
the results in Lagos yesterday, the Head of the Nigeria National Office
(HNO) of the council, Mr. Olu Adenipekun said it was an improvement
from the 29.37 per cent and 20.59 per cent that was recorded in 2014 and
2015.
According
to him, 175,699 (99.31 per cent) of the 176,621 registered candidates
had their results fully processed and released, while 1,210 candidates
(0.69 per cent) have a few of their subjects still being processed due
to some errors mainly 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”,he explained.
Further
analysis showed that 149,651 candidates representing 86.65 per cent
obtained credits and above in two subjects; 134,152 candidates (77.67
per cent) obtained credits and above in three subjects; 116,133
candidates (67.25 per cent) obtained credits and above in four subjects;
95,294 candidates (55.18 per cent) obtained credits and above in five
subjects; while 72,229 (41.82 per cent) obtained credits and above in
six subjects.
The
HNO however announced that the results of 13,488 candidates (7.81 per
cent) of the total candidature for the examination were being withheld
in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.
“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 thereafter.”
He
said a total of 19 visually challenged candidates registered and sat
for the examination in Nigeria, out of which four candidates (21.05 per
cent) obtained credit in five subjects, including English Language and
Mathematics.
While
commanding staff if the council, whose sacrifices, dedication and
commitment to duty contributed to the successes recorded during the
conduct, marking and processing of the results, he said candidates could
check the details of their performance on the council’s website www.waecdirect.org from today.
Source: This Day
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