The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday released
the results of the 2017 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) for private candidates.
The Council’s
Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu Adenipekun, made this announcement at a
news conference in Katsina.
The HNO said
135,945 candidates registered for the examination, but 133,223 wrote the test.
Adenipekun
revealed that of the 135,945 candidates who sat for the
examination, 131,485 had their results fully processed and released.
He said that
1,738 candidates had yet to have their full results released because they had a
few of their subjects still being processed due to errors traceable to them 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 said.
Out of all
candidates that wrote the examination, 34,664 obtained a minimum of credits in
five subjects and above, including English Language and General Mathematics,
representing 26.01 per cent.
He said the
percentage of candidates in this category in 2015 and 2016 were 28.59 per cent
and 38.50 per cent respectively.
“One will
discover that the results for 2015 and 2017 are comparatively the same.
“There can be
a reason for the sharp drop this year in this category, which we have not
proved scientifically.’’
He said it
could be that some candidates needed a particular subject to make up their
deficiencies for the WASSCE for the school candidates results, in order to
assist them to gain placements into the higher institutions of their choice.
Adenipekun
said that 65,483 other candidates obtained credits and above in five subjects
while 46,824 obtained credits and above in six subjects.
In the same
vein, 98,506 candidates obtained credits and above in three subjects while
83,256 candidates obtained credits and above in four subjects, and 11,763
others obtained credits and above in two subjects.
He explained
that the release of this year’s results was special because it coincided with
the 55th annual meeting of the Nigeria National Committee (NNC), holding in
Katsina.
“The NNC is
the highest policy making organ of WAEC at the national level.
“The
committee consists of experienced personalities, with many of them as serving
officers in the education sector representing a wide range of interests in the
affairs of the council,’’ Adenipekun said.
He promised
that WAEC would keep introducing innovations that would continually improve the
standard of the examination
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