About 69% of Nigerian students who wrote the last West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, failed. If this statistic is anything to judge the education sector by, it would mean that only about three out of ten students currently in the nation’s secondary schools will be qualified for the tertiary level at the end
REVEALED: Why 69% of students failed WASSCE Read More »
The West African Examinations Council has inaugurated the Walk-in-Candidates initiative for candidates sitting for its examinations. The Head, National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Eguridu, unveiled this on Wednesday while speaking with journalists in Lagos. According to him, the initiative is for private candidates sitting for the council’s November/December. The move, he said, had
WAEC inaugurates fresh initiatives, moves to check malpractice Read More »
A member of the House of Representatives, Chief Yomi Ogunnusi, has identified the erratic power supply in the country as a major factor for the perennial students’ poor performance in public examinations. It will be recalled that only 31.28 percent of candidates that sat the 2014 West African Secondary School Certificate , WASSCE, had credits
Rep blames mass failure in WASSCE on epileptic power supply Read More »
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, attributed mass failure recorded by Nigerian students in the May/June 2014 West African Examinations Council to the non-chalant attitude of government to education from primary to university level. He described failure of the students as the nation’s failure. According to him, the failure of the students is no surprise
2014 WAEC: Students’ failure is our nation’s failure – Former VP, Atiku Abubakar Read More »
The West Africa Examination Council, WAEC has released its May/June 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results, recording mass failure in Mathematics and English Language. Announcing the results, Monday, at WAEC office, Yaba, the Head of National Office, WAEC, Mr. Charles Eguridu said: “A total of 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28%, obtained credits in
May/June 2014 WASSCE: Mass failure as WAEC releases results Read More »
In the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) brochure, candidates seeking admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are listed under the following categories: University, Polytechnic/Monotechnic, College of Education (CoE) and Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs). Innovation Enterprise Institutions are institutions approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide a veritable alternative route to higher education. As at
UTME: How To Solve Students’ Admission Problem Read More »