Mass Failure As WAEC Releases November SSCE Results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released what its official called ‘a discouraging’ result for the November/December 2013 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The WAEC Head of the National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu said that there was worrisome decline in candidates’ performance in the examination. Eguridu said that of the 308,217 candidates that registered and sat for the 2013 examination, 299,784 had their results fully released while 38,260 other had theirs withheld in connection with examination malpractice.