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WAEC speaks on decline in pass rate of 2018 May/June result
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has spoken on the decline in the pass rate of 2018 May/June examinations.
The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu
Adenipekun announcing the result in Lagos at the
WAEC Training and Testing Centre (WTTC) said a
total of 786,016 candidates of the 1,572,396 that
wrote the examination had five credits and above,
including English Language and Mathematics.
He said they recorded a 49.98 percent pass rate
in the number of candidates that obtained credits
and above in minimum of five subjects and above,
including English Language and Mathematics.
However, some experts had blamed the decline in
overall performance from 59.22 per cent in 2017
to 49.98 per cent credit passes on a large
number of scripts examiners had to mark and
rigid marking scheme by the board.
Responding to the claim that examiners had too
many scripts to mark, Head, Public Affairs, WAEC,
Mr. Damian Ojijeogu in a statement said, “The
claim is not true because we made sure that there
are adequate examiners in each marking venue. If
there is none, we send them to where there are
adequate examiners to mark the scripts.
“There is nothing like shortfall, and that cannot be
attributed to the decline. They are not related at
all, to the performance of candidates and
examiners marking scripts.
“As for the cause of decline, as the examiners
have marked, at the end of the day there will be a
chief examiner’s report. They will look at the
strength and weaknesses of the students; where
they passed, why they passed and where they
failed, why they failed.
“Until that report is ready we cannot say what
caused the decline. The report will be made
available at the Nigerians Examinations
Committee meeting that will hold later.”
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