Skip to main content

Advert

Ng

WAEC HAS RELEASED RESULTS FOR 2016 NOV/DEC EXAMS

By


The West African Examinations Council,WAEC, has released the
results of the 2016 Nov/Dec West African Senior School Certificate
Examination, (WASSCE).
The results were announced by the Head of National Office,
Nigeria, Mr Olu Adenipekun yesterday in Lagos.
According to him, “A total of 66,497 (Sixty Six Thousand Four
Hundred and Ninety Seven) candidates, representing 38.50%,
obtained credits in five (5) subjects and above, including English
Language and Mathematics. “The percentage of candidates that
obtained five (5) credits and above including English Language and
Mathematics in the WASSCE for Private Candidates in 2014 and
2015 was 29.37% and 20.59% respectively.
“19 (Nineteen) visually challenged candidates registered for and
sat the examination in Nigeria. From this figure, 4 (Four)
candidates, representing 21.05% obtained credit in five (5)
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
“Of the total number of 172,699 (One Hundred and Seventy Two
Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Nine) candidates that sat the
examination, 149,651 (One Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand Six
Hundred and Fifty One) candidates, representing 86.65% obtained
credits and above in two (2) subjects; 134,152 (One Hundred and
Thirty Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifty Two) candidates,
representing 77.67% obtained credits and above in three (3)
subjects, while 116,133 (One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand One
Hundred and Thirty Three) candidates, representing 67.25%
obtained credits and above in four (4) subjects.
95,294 (Ninety Five Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Four)
candidates, representing 55.18% obtained credits and above in five
(5) subjects, while 72,229 (Seventy Two Thousand Two Hundred
and Twenty Nine) candidates, representing 41.82% obtained
credits and above in six (6) subjects.”
Candidates have been directed to check the details of their
performance on the Council’s website: www.waecdirect.org within
the next twenty-four hours.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

VC University of Ibadan advocates family life, health education in schools

By
A don, Prof. Abel Olayinka, has stressed the need for Nigerians to acquire sound Family Life and Health Education (FLHE) to achieve a fulfilling and rewarding life. Olayinka, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, gave the advice at a National Workshop, organised by the Ibadan Social and Evaluation Research Team (ISERT) in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FLHE is a planned process of age appropriation, cultural and gender sensitive education that foster the acquisition of knowledge of life skills. It also gives reproductive health information, which should lead to positive changes in behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, values and the development of skills by adolescent to cope with emerging life sexuality issues. The Vice-Chancellor said that the university, through the efforts of Ford Foundation, had undertaken some activities designed to scale up the implementation of FLHE in schools. He said that the team has conducted research on F...
Post a Comment
Read More>>

WAEC: launches interactive/communication platform for candidates

By
Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Head of Public Affairs on Thursday in Lagos issued a statement stating that the organization has launched a talk back platform, known as “WAECKonnect” to improve effective communication between the council and candidates. He said, the organization (WAEC) created this platform to reduce the communication gap between her and her candidates, which means with this platform WAEC candidates easily communicate with them(WAEC BOAED). In his statement he said “We are pleased to announce a new electronic information sharing and dissemination platform, called Candidates Interactive System or WAECkonnect. "This will enable the council to have a good and effective communication with her candidates during the examination process". “The council is determined to protect candidates from also falling prey to fraudulent persons, who might want to take advantage of parents and candidates’ ignorance about its opera...
Post a Comment
Read More>>