The
2016 May/June results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE) Scene Report
The 2016 May/June results of the West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) were out on Friday, August 5, 2016.
The examinations body publicized that it withheld the
results of 137,295 candidates, representing 8.89 per cent of those who took the
examinations.
This, according to Olu Adenipekun, the Head, Nigeria
National Office, was due to 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 contemplation,” he said.
The exams body said that of the 1, 552, 758 students who sat
for the May/June exams 2016, 878,040 candidates, representing 52.97 per cent,
obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, including English Language and
Mathematics.
Now
“A total of
1,014,573 candidates, representing 65.70 per cent obtained six credits and
above, 1,167,484 candidates, representing 75.60 per cent obtained five credits
and above. While 1,282,204 candidates, representing 83.03 per cent obtained
credit and above in four subjects,” it said.
“1,370,049 candidates, representing 88.72 per cent obtained
credit and above in three subjects, 1,438,679 candidates, representing 93.16
per cent obtained credit and above in two subjects,” he said.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has recorded
its largest failure in the 2016 Senior High School category in four years. This
year, 22,671 out of 46,927 students who registered for the exams, failed.
According to WAEC 2016 results released, those failed constitute nearly half
(48.46%) of the total number of students registered.
Despite several efforts instituted by authorities at the
Ministry of Education (MOE), including distribution of text books and
additional deployment of teachers in some counties, WAEC still recorded its
poorest results among senior high students since 2013. In 2013, WAEC recorded
7,884 failures (29.49%) out of 26,993 registered, while in 2014, WAEC recorded 13,651
failures (49.37%) out of 27,881 registered. The Ministry of Education suspended
the WAEC exams in 2015 as the nation struggled to recover from the Ebola
epidemic and that interrupted the academic calendar since 2014.
Discussing the results yesterday at the Ministry of
Information regular press briefing on Capitol Hill, John Gayvolor, head of WAEC
Monrovia’s National Office, said 16,072 (34.48%) students passed the
examinations. He said results for an additional 7,870 students are being
withheld for collusion because of irregularities, including suspected spying.
In previous WAEC examinations, he said, students whose
results were withheld simply did not pass the examination.
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