UPDATED!!! WAEC Releases 2012 May/June Examination Results
The May/June 2012 West African Senior<br />School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)<br />result released by the examination body,<br />West African Examination Council (WAEC), on<br />Friday August 10, has shown as increase of<br />about 8percent from last year’s<br />performance. Iyi Uwadiae, the head of the<br />Nigeria National Office of WAEC, made this<br />known during the formal announcement of<br />the release of the results at the council’s<br />head quarters in Lagos.<br />Uwadiae disclosed that out of the 1,672,224<br />candidates that sat for the examination,<br />649,156 representing 38.81percent<br />obtained credits in five subjects and above<br />including English Language and<br />Mathematics, which is an increase of about<br />8percent to the 30.91percent recorded in<br />2011.<br />According to the WAEC boss, there has been<br />a consistent improvement in the<br />performance of students in the examination<br />since 2010 which he says “is an indication<br />that investment in the education sector,<br />particularly, under the transformation<br />agenda of the present administration is<br />beginning to yield dividends.”<br />He said out of the total number that sat for<br />the examination, 1,545,004 candidates<br />representing 91.10percent have their<br />results fully released while 150,874<br />candidates, representing 8.90percent have<br />a few of their subjects still being processed<br />due to some errors mainly traceable to the<br />candidates and the schools in the course of<br />registration and writing of the examination.<br />While disclosing that the Council was<br />already working to correct the errors in<br />order to fully release the results of the<br />affected candidates, Uwadiae announced<br />that the results of a total of 122,000<br />candidates, representing 6.70percent were<br />being withheld in connection with cases of<br />examination malpractices which are being<br />investigated. This, he noted was a decline<br />from last year’s record, noting that an<br />improvement in performance translates to a<br />decrease in malpractices.<br />He however announced that candidates will<br />be able to check the details of their<br />performance on the Council’s results<br />website: www.waecdirect.org within the<br />next 48 hours.<br />Earlier, the WAEC boss had lamented the rate<br />of examination malpractice in the country,<br />dearth of qualified teachers for Mathematics<br />and Science related subjects as well as<br />inadequate facilities in both public and<br />private schools and called for improved<br />funding for the educational sector.<br />Uwadiae who is rounding off his tenure as<br />the Head of Nigeria National Office of WAEC,<br />will be resuming office as the registrar of<br />the Council in Accra, Ghana by October 1,<br />2012. He will be succeeded by Mivoghenubo<br />Eguridu as the Head of Nigeria National<br />Office. Earlier Post: BREAKING NEWS!!! WAEC releases May/June 2012 result. 649,156 candidates obtained 5credits out of 1,672,224 that sat for the examination. Via @RayPowerNetwork on Twitter