WAEC 2015 Results Out Soon As Less Than 45 Per Cent Students Passed

WAEC Decries Mass Failure,
Threatens To Withhold some
Results as Fewer students scale
through.
Less than 45 per cent of those
who sat for the 2015 West
African Senior School Certificate
Exams (WASSCE) passed with
credit grade and above, a trend
that would seem to have
continued from 2013.
The poor performance has been
put down to a lack of
preparation and teaching
facilities, and an inadequate
number of quality teachers

To defeat the menace and also
curb examination malpractice,
the Head of the West African
Examination Council (WAEC)
national office in Nigeria, Charles
Eguridu, said proper technology
had been deployed.
Meanwhile, the examination
body said that 19 states out of
the 36 states of the federation
are owing about four billion
Naira exam entry fees for State
government sponsored
candidates in the May/June 2014
and 2015 WASSCE.
Speaking to Channels Television
after addressing a press
conference, Mr Eguridu
maintained that the body was
cash-trapped and was struggling
with meeting its financial
obligations.
He also noted that the Council
may delay the release of results
of government sponsored
candidates when the council
announces the May/June 2015
WASSCE results.
He said: “A total number of 19
states in the country owe the
Council in respect of entry fees
for state government sponsored
candidates for the May/June
2015 WASSCE. Some states also
still owe the Council registration
fees for the May/June 2014
WASSCE.
“We have written to the affected
State governments without any
response. The poor response of
the ‘debtor states’ is threatening
the smooth operations of the
Council.
“We therefore want to publicly
plead with the affected states to
off-set the registration fees of
their candidates as soon as
possible, as we cannot guarantee
that the results of their
candidates for the May/June
2015 will be released along with
others”.
RESULTS TO BE OUT SOON……
Monday, 10th AUGUST, 2015