The West African Examination Council has released the results for the May/June examination, revealing better performance by Nigerian students as against the records of 2014.
Dr. Charles Eguridu, head of WAEC in Nigeria said of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, comprising 864,096 male and 729,346 female, 1,498,069 of them, representing 94.01 per cent, had their results fully released.
He said that 95,373 others, representing 5.99 per cent, had a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors, mainly traceable to the candidates and schools, in the course of registration or writing the examination.
”Such errors are being corrected by the council to enable the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released subsequently,” he said.
Eguridu said that 758,849 others, who sat for the examination, obtained six credits and above, while 949,862 candidates, obtained five credits and above.
He said that 1,114,988 others obtained credit and above in four subjects, while 1,295,915 candidates obtained credit and above in three subjects.
Eguridu said that 1,376,743 candidates obtained credit and above in two subjects.
He said, however, that 616,370 candidates, obtained credit in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
The official said that the figure was a slight improvement on results of candidates with five credits and above, including English language and Mathematics, compared to the 2014 results of the same examination.
Eguridu said that 20 of the 109 blind candidates who registered and sat for the examination obtained credit in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
He said that the examination was conducted against all odds, which included security, logistics and fuel shortage, among other challenges.
The Head of Office said that the council extended the conduct of the examination to four centres in the Republic of Benin and one other in Cote d’Ivoire, sequel to calls by Nigerian stakeholders in those countries.
Eguridu said that due to the high incidence of lost or missing certificates, the council had introduced ‘Attestation of Results’ which could be obtained on request, to serve as replacement for lost certificates as it does not issue certificates twice.
The HNO said that candidates who sat for the examination would be able to check the details of their results on the council’s website.