THE WEST AFRICAN
EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
21,HUSSEY STREET
PRIVATE MAIL BAG 1022
YABA,
LAGOS, NIGERIA
TEL: 01-8961016
ADDRESS BY MR. CHARLES M. EGURIDU, HEAD OF THE
NIGERIA NATIONAL OFFICE OF THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (WAEC), AT A
PRESS BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE RESULTS OF THE MAY/JUNE 2013 WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION (WASSCE), ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013 AT THE WAEC
OFFICE, YABA-LAGOS
Gentlemen of the media, on behalf of
the Management and staff of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), I am
pleased to welcome you all to this press briefing.
My heart is full of gratitude for your
support, cooperation and contribution to the Council in its efforts to
continually conduct credible examinations and award internationally-recognized
certificates to the Nigerian child. The Council indeed believes strongly that
the integrity of its examinations must be maintained at all cost.
Gentlemen of the media, the Council is
working assiduously to improve its service delivery to stakeholders in the
education sector. I want to use this opportunity to inform the general public,
particularly candidates, that certificates up to the May/June 2012 West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) diet,
have been printed and dispatched to schools for collection by candidates. Also,
certificates up to November/December 2012 WASSCE diets have been printed and
are awaiting collection by candidates at WAEC Offices nationwide.
Candidates for May/June examination
diets are advised to collect their certificates from their former schools,
while those for November/December examination diets are advised to collect
their certificates at WAEC Zonal, Branch or Satellite Offices in the states
where they sat the examinations.
In addition, the Council also wishes
to advise candidates who sat previous diets of the November/December General
Certificate of Education Ordinary/Advance Levels (GCE O/A Levels), Senior
School Certificate Examination (SSCE) (Private) and WASSCE (Private), who have
not collected their certificates to do so at WAEC Zonal, Branch or Satellite
Offices, not later than 31st December, 2013. Candidates who fail to collect their certificates
after that date may be charged additionally for the custody of the
certificates.
Gentlemen of the media, the closing
date for registration for the November/December 2013 WASSCE (Private), is
Friday, August 9th, 2013. In view of the public holiday which has
been declared for tomorrow and the day after, the Council has decided to
provide a window of opportunity for candidates whose results are being released
today and who may want to register for the November/ December 2013 WASSCE
(Private) because of their poor performance in the May/ June 2013 WASSCE.
Accordingly, the Council has decided to extend the closing date for the
November/ December 2013 WASSCE (Private) period to Tuesday, August 20th,
2013.
Gentlemen of the media, the conduct of
the May/June 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
diet was successfully concluded on May 17, 2013. Unfortunately, three personnel of the Council
were brutally murdered by unknown gunmen while on their way from Yola to
Maiduguri on official examination duty, during the conduct of the examination.
I crave your indulgence to observe a minute’s silence for these three dedicated
staff of the Council who died on active duty during the conduct of the May/June
2013 WASSCE.
Gentlemen of the media, may I use this
opportunity, once again, to express our profound gratitude to our supervisors,
invigilators, custodians and other ad-hoc personnel for their dedication to
duty during the conduct of the May/June 2013 WASSCE. We sincerely wish to thank
the Federal Government, as well as the security agencies particularly in
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States for all the support rendered to the Council
during the conduct of the examination. We equally want to sincerely thank the
Federal and State Ministries of Education for their support in terms of
facilities and logistics given to us during the conduct of the examination.
Similarly, the Coordination and
Marking of candidates’ scripts for the May/June 2013 WASSCE took place between
June 11 and July 3, 2013 at our marking venues all over the Federation. We
thank our Chief Examiners, Team Leaders, Assistant Examiners and Checkers for
their dedication and commitment during the exercise. We are also grateful to
our host schools which we used during the marking exercise. They accommodated
us and availed us of the use of their facilities despite their other
commitments and challenges.
Today, gentlemen of the media, I am happy to
announce the release of the results of the May/June 2013 West African Senior
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
A total of 1,689,188 candidates registered, for the May/June 2013 WASSCE, out
of which 1,671,268 candidates,
consisting of 920,416 male and 750,852 female candidates sat the
examination. Out of the total number of candidates, 1,543,683 candidates, representing 91.38% have their results fully released, while 145,505 candidates, representing 8.62%
have 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. Such errors are
being corrected by the Council to enable the affected candidates get their
results fully processed and released subsequently.
Of the total number of candidates that
sat the examination, 889,636 candidates
(53.23%), obtained six (6) credits and above; 1,074,065 candidates, representing 64.26% obtained five (5) credits and above. In addition 1,225,591 candidates, representing 73.33 % obtained credit and above in four (4) subjects, while 1,353,273
candidates, representing 80.97%
obtained credit and above in three (3)
subjects. A total of 1,465,581 candidates (87.69 %) obtained credit and above in
two (2) subjects.
We are unable to provide statistics of
candidates who obtained credit and above in five (5) subjects, including
English Language and Mathematics at this time, because many candidates in the
North Eastern part of the country have partial results at the moment, due to
security challenges encountered there during the conduct of the examination,
particularly loss of scripts.
Furthermore, the results of 112,865 candidates, representing 6.75%
are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.
The cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be
presented to the Nigerian Examinations Committee (NEC) of the Council in due
course for consideration. The
Committee’s decisions will be communicated to the affected candidates through
their schools.
A total of 2,176 cases of multiple entries also were discovered during the
processing of the results. In line with the Council’s regulation, the entire
results of all candidates who are guilty of this act would be cancelled.
A total number of 121 blind candidates registered for the examination. Out of this number, 117 blind candidates sat the examination. From this figure, 24 candidates, representing 20.51% obtained credit in five (5) subjects including English
Language. Blind candidates don’t take Mathematics and Science practicals in
WASSCE diets.
Candidates who sat the May/June 2013
WASSCE will be able to check the details of their performance on the Council’s
results website: www.waecdirect.org within the next 24 hours.
Finally, gentlemen of the media, permit
me to commend the staff of the Council, whose dedication to duty contributed
immensely to the successes recorded during the conduct, marking and processing
of the results of the May/June 2013 WASSCE.
To our exceptional staff, I salute you all.
Gentlemen of the media, once again, on
behalf of the Management and staff of the Nigeria National Office of the
Council, I wish to thank you very much for honouring our invitation.
Thank you and God bless.
