BEVERLY HILLS, August 10, (THEWILL) – 616, 370 candidates, representing 38.65% out of 1,593,442 that took the May/June 2015 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) obtained five credits and above with English and Mathematics included, the examination body announced Monday at its Yaba, Lagos headquarters.
Students could get details of their results at the website of WAEC.
Giving a breakdown of the results officially released today, the head of the National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu said, results from 13 states were withheld over non-payment of examination fees by the state governments. The results would be released when the candidates’ registration fees are paid, Eguridu said, adding that 118, 101 results were withheld for various examination infractions.
According to him, the cases are being investigated, and reports of the investigations will be presented to the Nigerian Examinations Council (NEC) of WAEC in due course, for consideration.
He said that the committee’s decision would be communicated to the affected candidates through their schools.
The results for 2015 recorded a slight improvement from those of 2013 and 2014. Eguridu said in 2013, 639,760 candidates representing 38.30% passed with five credits in English and Mathematics included, while in 2014, 529,425 candidates representing 31.28% passed with five credits or more with English and Mathematics included.
WAEC, on July 27, had urged 19 states indebted to it over candidates’ registration fees for the 2015 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to pay up, or risk getting such results withheld.
Eguridu, however, said that only a few of the debtor states responded by paying their debts fully or partially.
He said that few other states made promises, indicating their willingness to pay as soon as they were able to do so.
The official said that some of the debtor states did not make any effort to address the problem.
“After reviewing the situation, the council has decided that the results of government-sponsored candidates of indebted states will only be released if such states endeavour to produce advanced payment guarantees from reputable banks.
“This is to assure the council that these fees will be paid.
“This decision is in appreciation of the general prevailing economic challenges in the country; and in order not to jeopardise the educational careers of the candidates of the indebted states,” he said.
Eguridu said that already, some representatives of the Governors’ Forum had met with the management of the council over the issue, with a promise to pay.
Eguridu said of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, comprising 864,096 male and 729,346 female, 1,498,069 of them, representing 94.01 per cent, had their results fully released.
He said that 95,373 others, representing 5.99 per cent, had 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.
Eguridu added that due to the high incidence of lost or missing certificates, the council has introduced ‘Attestation of Results’ which could be obtained on request, to serve as replacement for lost certificates as it does not issue certificates twice.
