WAEC records mass failure in SSCE, Only 38.81% of candidates passed

In
a press briefing held in Lagos to announce the results on Friday, WAEC’s Head
of Nigeria National office, Iyi Uwadiae, said that 649,156 candidates
representing 38.81percent obtained credits in five subjects and above,
including in English Language and Mathematics.

He,
however, noted that the results showed an eight percent improvement when
compared to last year’s May/June results, where 30.91percent of the candidates
made the pass benchmark.

Uwadiae
also said that a total of 1,695,878 candidates registered for the examination,
out of which 1,672,224 candidates, consisting of 923,974 male and 748,250 female
candidates, sat for the examination.

He
added that the results of 150,874 candidates, representing 8.90 percent, were
yet to be released as “a few of their subjects were still being
processed”.

The
examination body also stated that 112,000 candidates’ results, representing
6.70 percent, were being withheld in connection with various cases of
examination malpractices. According to Uwadiae, the full results would be
available on the examination body’s website by weekend.