Education
WAEC Records 35% Pass In Nov/Dec WASSCE
The West African Ex
aminations Council (WAEC) last Friday released the November / December result of its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for total of 172, 621 private candidates a sat for the examination. This amounts to 38.50 per cent, recording credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. Announceing the release of the results at the Nigeria’s office in Lagos, the Head of WAEC in the country, Mr Olu Adenipekun, said the percentage of pass recorded by candidates is an improvement over what was recorded in both 2014 and 2015.
According to him, about 29.37 and 20.59 per cent had secured credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics in the last two years respectively.
He said that 19 visually impaired candidates registered for and sat for the examination with four of them obtaining five credits in five subjects including English and Mathematics.
The WAEC boss attributed the improvement to the commitment of various stakeholders within the education sector, including parents, teachers and state government.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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