{"id":42103,"date":"2018-07-04T20:26:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unn-edu.info\/?p=42103"},"modified":"2018-07-04T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T19:26:56","slug":"50-pass-recorded-as-waec-releases-2018-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unn-edu.info\/2018\/07\/50-pass-recorded-as-waec-releases-2018-results.html","title":{"rendered":"50% Pass Recorded as WAEC Releases 2018 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
Breakin g news reaching us right now has it that the\u00a0West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released results of Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) online.<\/p>\n
Announcing the released of the results on Wednesday in Lagos,\u00a0the Head of Nigeria Office (HNO) WAEC, Mr Olu Isaaac Adenipekun, said that 786,016 candidates representing 49.98% obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.a decline of about nine percent from 2017 results.<\/p>\n
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He said: \u201cA total of 1,578,846 candidates registered for the examination from 17,886 recognised secondary schools in Nigeria, adding, out of the registered candidates, 1,572,396 candidates sat the examination.<\/p>\n
According to him, out of the total number of candidates that sat for examination in Nigeria, 1,470,338 candidates, representing 93.51% have their results fully processed and released. While 102,058 candidates representing 6.49% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors traceable to the candidates in the course of registration or writing the examination.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch errors are being corrected by the Council to enable the affected candidates get their results fully processed and released subsequently, he said.<\/p>\n
In the breakdown of the results, the HNO said: \u201c1,213,244 candidates representing 76.84% obtained credits and above in a minimum of any five subjects (I. e with or without English Language and\/or Mathematics.<\/p>\n
\u201c858,424 candidates representing 54.59% obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects including English Language but without Mathematics.<\/p>\n
\u201c786,016 candidates representing 49.98% obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English Language and Mathematics.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this category were 389,655 male and 396,361 female, representing 47.32% and 52.92% respectively. \u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201d Candidates who sat the examination and who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council are free to check the details of their performance on the Council\u2019s results website: www.waecdirect.org<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n He explained that the Waec result checker<\/a> pin and serial number needed by candidates to check results online are contained on candidate\u2019s smart identity card used during the conduct of the examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… (0 comment)<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":37920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"50% Pass Recorded as WAEC Releases 2018 Results","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13,116,75],"tags":[42],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n