Candidates record mass
passes in May/June 2010
WASSCE
…77,168 results withheld over
fraud
By GABRIEL DIKE
Friday, August 20, 2010
No fewer than 677, 007
candidates who wrote the May/
June 2010 West African Senior
School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) obtained five credits
and above unlike in the last two
years when candidates recorded
mass failure.
The 677,007 successful
candidates represent 50.09 per
cent of the 1,351, 557 million
candidates that wrote the
school examination nationwide
between April and May 2010.
Giving the breakdown of the
May/June 2010 WASSCE in Lagos
on Thursday, the Head of
Nigerian National Office of
WAEC, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae disclosed
that out of the 1, 351,557
candidates, 534,841 (39.57 per
cent) obtained six credits and
above.
He explained that 677,007
candidates that made five
credits and above were
qualified to apply for admission
into the nation’s tertiary
institutions.
According to him, 1,058,806
candidates representing 78.33
per cent had two credits and
above, 936,470 others (68.84
per cent) obtained three credits
and above while 806,583
candidates (59.67 per cent) got
four credits and above, thus not
eligible for admissions.
Uwadiae said, of the total
number of candidates that sat
for the examination, only
337,071 candidates
representing 24.94 per cent
obtained credits in English,
language, Mathematics and three
other subjects.
He further noted that 451,187
candidates (33.38 per cent)
recorded credits and above in
English Language while 560,974
(41.50 per cent) obtained credit
and above in Mathematics.
His words: “Out of the total
number of candidates,
1,278,843 of them representing
94.62 per cent have their results
fully processed, while 72,714
candidates (5.38 per cent) have
few of their subjects still being
processed, as various errors and
omissions traceable to them are
being sorted out by the council.”
On exam fraud, the HNO said the
result of 77.168 candidates
(5.71 per cent) are being
withheld based on various
reports of their alleged
involvement in examination
malpractices during the school
examination.
“All the reports on cases of
involvement in exam
malpractice have been compiled
for presentation to the Nigeria
Examinations Commission (NEC)
of the council in November
2010.