Precisely 59.22 per cent of 1,559,192 candidates, who wrote
the May/June 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
made credits in five subjects, including english and mathematics, it was learnt
yesterday.
Announcing the results at the WAEC headquarters in Lagos,
said the performance was
a significant improvement to last year’s 52.97 per cent and 2015, which was
38.68 per cent.
“There has been a significant improvement and it is our hope
that this will continue and not just be a fluke. We hope schools will take advantage of this
to prepare students better for the examination,” he said.
The HNO said the council would conduct examinations for
private candidates twice in a year from next year.
Adenipekun, however, said two categories of candidates will
have to wait for some of their results either to be released or cancelled.
Results of candidates in the first group (95,734) are still
being processed because of errors traceable to them and 214,952 others are
investigated for examination malpractices.
“The results of 214,952 candidates, representing 13.79 per
cent of the total candidature for the examination, are being withheld in
connection with various reported 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 through
their schools,” he said.
Adenipekun said WAEC was able to achieve its Project 60
target of releasing results 60 days after examination, owing to improved ICT
facilities.
He added that the council would work towards even earlier
releases in future.
“We came up with Project 60, a self-imposed time limit for
candidates to wait for release of result after the examination. We are hoping to be able to release the
result even faster. We are looking at 45
days next time,” he said.
Regarding the conduct of two separate examinations for
private candidates yearly, Adenipekun said the decision was taken at 65th
Annual Council Meeting of WAEC member countries in Abuja in March.
“I am happy to inform you that the Nigeria National Office
of the council has concluded arrangements to commence the conduct of the
additional diet of the WASSCE for private candidates from January/February,
2018,” he said.
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