The West African Examinations Council
on Friday released the results of the May/June 2012 West African Senior School
Certificate Examination.
Notice:- WAEC Result should be
Available Online for Checking latest by Monday. (Next 48 Hours)
The council said it withheld the
results of 112,000 candidates who sat for the May/June 2012 West African Senior
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Speaking on the development, Head of
National Office of WAEC, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, said that the results were withheld
over examination malpractices.
He said that those who sat for the
examination include 923,974 males and 748,250 females and that only 1,545,004
had their results fully released.
Uwadiae said that a few subjects of
150,874 other candidates were still being processed, due to some errors mainly
traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or
writing the examination.
He disclosed that 771,731 candidates
had six credits and above, 952,156 others had five credits and above while
1,107,747 had credits and above in four subjects.
He said that 1,246,729 had credits
and above in three subjects and 1,380,596 obtained credits and above in just
two subjects.
The head of national office said a
total of 649,156 candidates who sat for the examination obtained credits in
five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics
He said that out of the 114 blind
candidates that registered for the examination, only 95 sat for it and 21 of
them had credits in five subjects including English Language.
He said that blind candidates were
usually not allowed to take Mathematics and Science practical.
Uwadiae said that the performance of
candidates was an improvement, compared to previous years.
"This year's results have shown
an improvement on the 23.71 per cent of candidates who obtained credits in five
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics in a similar examination
in 2010.
"This year's 649,156 candidates
with that record, represented 38.81 per cent and I can say that this is a
marked improvement in the performance of the candidates," he said.
Uwadiae attributed the improvement to
the investment made by the current administration in the education sector,
which he said, was in line with the transformation agenda.
He urged candidates to check for the
details of their performance on the council's result website within the next 48
hours.
Source:- Rhythm FM
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