The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the May/June 2016 examination.
According to the examination body, 878,040 or 52.97 per cent of 1,544,758 candidates who wrote the examination obtained credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.
Head, National Office of the council, Mr Olutishe Adenipekun, stated this during the release of the results for senior secondary school students in Lagos on Friday, August 5.
Adenipekun said performance of candidates was encouraging compared to the 31.28 per cent and 38.68 per cent recorded in 2014 and 2015 respectively in the same category.
He added that out of those that sat for the examination, 1,014,573 of them representing 65.70 per cent obtained six credits and above.
He attributed the improvement to better commitment on the side of the students, teachers and governments at all levels.
“We should join hands to sustain this positive trend so that our children will reach their desired academic peak and the country better for it,’’ he said.
Adenipekun, however, said that the results of 137,295 candidates were withheld due to examination malpractices.
“The cases are being investigated and reports will be presented to the appropriate committee of the council.
“The committee’s decisions would be communicated to the affected candidates through their schools,’’ he said.
He noted that of the figure that sat for the examination, 825,650 were males, representing 53.5 per cent while 718,585 were females and represented 46.5 per cent.
The head of office added that out of the total number of the candidates that sat for the examination, 1,393,907 candidates had their results fully released, while 158,718 others have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors mainly traceable to the candidates and schools in the course of registration or writing the examination.
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According to the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, the dollar subsidy is non-discriminatory and was also approved for Christians as well.
The final three shortlist for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award are Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann.
Lionel Messi, who won the award last year, did not even place fourth in the long list of 10 candidates.
Ronaldo is favourite to pick the prize, after he led Real Madrid to their 11th Champions League win in the 2015/2016 season, before winning the European Championships with Portugal.
The winner will be announced on August 25, on the day of the draw for the Champions League group stage.
Leicester City’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has bought every club player £100k (N50m) car for the historic Premier League title win.
The new Premier League season is just eight days away and Leicester City will be hoping they can defend their incredible title win.
Although the club executives have probably congratulated the players millions of times, it hasn’t stopped just yet. 19 BMWs were today lined up ready for the players to pick up following their Premier League title win. At £100,000 per car, that’s a pretty generous gift.
I dey go buy boot 😂 😂 😂 😂
See photos of the Cars below:-
Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi is part of the overaged players at the ongoing Olympics, taking place in Brazil. He was part of the Nigerian team that defeated Japan 5-4 few hours ago.
Following the victory, his baby mama Olga who remains in London to take care of their twins reacted to Nigeria’s victory.
She posted a cuddly photo with her man with the caption, “Proud of you my Che ⚽️#Olympic2016”.
Mikel who was born as Michael recently changed his name officially to Mikel.
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