The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has on Friday in Lagos released the statistics of candidates who passed English Language and Mathematics in theNovember/December 2015 WASSCE results.
According to the Public Relations Officer, Mr Demian Ojijeogu he said:” A total of 67,713 candidates, representing 29.33 per centobtained credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.”
The statistics therefore implied that above 70 per cent who sat the WASSCE did not obtained five credits including English and Mathematics.
Meanwhile, in November/December 2014 WASSCE, 246,853 candidates who sat for the exams, only 72,522 candidates, representing 29.37 per cent, obtained credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English Language. This connotes that there is a decline in performance from that of 2014.
Recalled on Thursday, during a press briefing in Lagos The Head National Office, Mr Olutise Isaac Adenipekun had concealed the statistical data of candidates who scored five credits in English Language and Mathematics, starting that it was not necessary.
He, however said: Of the 237,154 candidates sat the examination, 79,490 candidates, representing 33.51% obtained 6 credits and above.”
Practically, every sector is retrogressing. May God save the Nation. Well, as events are unfolding, we are watching.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of Whassap, facebook and tweeter. When will the student have time to study and just watch out the short hand used in emails and tweets. Watch out the kind of pidgin English flowing from even undergraduate mouths today. Even a sizeable number of those who passed may have cheated in one form or the other- Miracle centre is one of them. So we all know the problem. Today almost all radio and TV programmes are trash and to make matters worse most of the programmes are now rendered in broken and pidgin English.All these are impacting negatively on our children. What out the trash called music today, it is also coded in terrible English. Why is any body surprised by the result. It is not a question of paying millions in some of these over hyped private schools. The whole system and society need to change for better.
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