Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Nov. / Dec 2010 West African Senior School Certificate Examination-out
20% go WAEC23. December 2010Lagos - Only 20.04 percent or 62 295 candidatesobtained credit pass in English, mathematics andthree other issues in the Nov. / Dec 2010 WestAfrican Senior School Certificate Examination,WASSCE.Head of the Nigerian National Office of the WestAfrican Examination Council WAEC, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae ata press conference yesterday in Lagos said the episodewas not impressive.He said 310,077 candidates sat the examinationwith 51 876 of them, which 16.73 percent,be deprived of its participation in "allegedMalpractice. ""Overall, 133 507 candidates (43.06 percent)obtained credit and above in English, while151 569 applicants (48.88 percent) receive creditand above in mathematics, "he said.Uwadiae told journalists that 33 blind candidateshave participation in the trial and only four of themCredit runs in five subjects including EnglishLanguage.Blind candidates are exempted from the regulation ofRegistration for mathematics and natural sciencesTopics."All reports of cases of involvement inExamination malpractice have complied withPresentation of the Nigerian Audit Committeethe Council in March, "he said.Uwadiae said the episode two weeks was releasedahead of schedule to allow students to use them forRegistration purposes in higher institutions, hadapproved them.He told journalists that WAEC upgrade soonTest model to e_testing format(Electronic Test), but that the process in itsexperimental stage."The quick release of the result is theDedication of the marker and the effectiveApplication of our new computer software forProcessing results, "he said.www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/20-pass-waec
