Over a hundred thousand candidates who sat for the May/June 2015West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE) are being investigated for participating in examination malpractices.
The Head of the National Office of theWest African Examinations Council(WAEC),Charles Eguridusaid this on Monday while announcing results.
Erigundu revealed that a total of 118,101 candidates fall in this category.
"The results of 118,101 candidates, representing 7.41 per cent, are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice as the cases are being investigated and the reports of the investigations will be presented to the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC),” Erigundu said.
He noted that a further 95,373 candidates have been partially withheld for reasons unrelated to examination malpractices.
[...] 95,373 candidates, representing 5.99 per cent, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors, mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.”
9ja School Gist gathered that only 616,370 candidates, representing a meagre 38.68 per cent of the 1,593,442 total candidates, obtained credit passes in at least five subjects, including English language and Mathematics which are required for admissions into most tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
This represents a decent improvement from the 2014 examination which saw only 31.28 per cent of the candidates achieving the same feat. source: pulse.ng
The Head of the National Office of theWest African Examinations Council(WAEC),Charles Eguridusaid this on Monday while announcing results.
Erigundu revealed that a total of 118,101 candidates fall in this category.
"The results of 118,101 candidates, representing 7.41 per cent, are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice as the cases are being investigated and the reports of the investigations will be presented to the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC),” Erigundu said.
He noted that a further 95,373 candidates have been partially withheld for reasons unrelated to examination malpractices.
[...] 95,373 candidates, representing 5.99 per cent, have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors, mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.”
9ja School Gist gathered that only 616,370 candidates, representing a meagre 38.68 per cent of the 1,593,442 total candidates, obtained credit passes in at least five subjects, including English language and Mathematics which are required for admissions into most tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
This represents a decent improvement from the 2014 examination which saw only 31.28 per cent of the candidates achieving the same feat. source: pulse.ng
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