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WAEC cancels 37
WAEC cancels 37,932 results
CHARLES ABAH
Hope of admissions into higher institutions this year for
37,932 candidates may have crashed, as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
yesterday cancelled their results for alleged sharp practices.
Also, the results of 46,243 candidates were partially
released, the Council authorities have said.
The affected candidates were among the
519,189 persons who sat for the West African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE) held between November and December last year.
The WAEC Head of National Office (HNO),
Mr. Tunde Oloyede, reeled out the statistics while releasing the results in
Lagos.
Mr. Oloyede, who said the withheld results
represented about 6.71 per cent, while 8.18 per cent represented the figure for
the partially released results, noted, however, that results of the latter would
be forwarded to the Nigeria Examinations Committee of the Council for further
investigations.
He advised candidates to visit the
organisation’s website as well as use their scratch cards from tomorrow
(February 26) to check their results.
The HNO reiterated that the Council was
more than ready to confront examination fraudsters, noting that the newly
introduced photo-embossed certificate has minimally reduced their nefarious
activities.
Meanwhile, Daily Champion
investigations revealed a sharp decline in cases of examination malpractice this
year.
It would be recalled that 95,283
candidates’ results were withheld in the May/June 2003 WASSCE even as 88,260
candidates had their results partially released.
Over one million candidates sat the examination of which
950,105 persons had their results fully released.
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