Only 67,713 candidates, representing 29.33 per cent from the total 237,154 candidates, including 37 visually impaired persons, who sat for the examination, obtained credit in the five subjects’ combination required to secure admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria and other countries of the world.
Public Affairs Officer of the council, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu, made the figure available in an email sent to journalists over the weekend in accordance with the directive of Head of Nigeria National Office of the examination body, Mr. Olutise Adenipekun, who did not release the statistics while announcing the results on Thursday.
The WAEC boss, who assumed office two weeks ago following the retirement of Charles Eguridu, had said that it would be a misinformation to base or measure the overall performance of candidates in the November/ December edition of the council’s exams on those who obtained credit passes and above in five subjects, including English language and mathematics.
This is because, according to him, many candidates sit for November/ December edition as make-up exams for their deficiencies in the May/ June results and may not necessarily need to write subjects they had passed satisfactorily already.
However, National Mirror can authoritatively reveal that this year’s candidates’ performance in the council’s November/December SSCE was a decline from last year’s, which was 29.37 per cent.
But better than that of 2013, which was 29.17 per cent of the total candidates and poorer than that of 2012, which was 37.97 per cent and considered to be the best in the last four years.
All these are indications that less than 40 per cent of total candidates in each of the exams as applicable to that of May/ June in the last four years obtained requisite subjects’ combination to secure admission for higher studies.
The WAEC boss, however, decried the situation and urged all stakeholders, including governments, parents and students to give education a deserved priority.
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