The analysis of the
performance of states in the 2015 West African Senior School Certificate
Examination has emerged with south east states again topping the chart with
their candidates obtaining the most credits in at least five subjects,
including English Language and Mathematics.
Abia state topped the
chart with 33, 762 of its 52, 801 candidates getting five credits and above
including Mathematics and English thereby securing 63.94 per cent. Anambra
followed with 61.18 per cent as 28, 379 out of 46, 385 candidates performed
well.
Interestingly,
candidate obtained five credits and above, including English and Mathematics
from four federal government colleges meaning none of the candidates from the
school are likely to secure university admission. The schools are: Federal
Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, Gombe State; FGGC, Bauchi; FGGC Gboko, and
the Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan.
Edo
state came third with 38, 052 of its 62, 327 candidate getting five credits and
above while Rivers, Imo, Lagos, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu and Ebonyi rounding up
the top ten in the performance ranking.
Only
646 candidates from the 14, 784 that wrote the exam in Yobe got five credits
and above the thereby coming last with 4.27 per cent. Northern states
occupied the rear positions with nine northern states in the last ten
positions. They are Adamawa, Osun, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kebbi, Katsina, Gombe,
Jigawa, Zamfara and Yobe. Lagos with 68, 173 out of 141, 963 candidates that
sat for the examination placed sixth on the rankings.
The
analysis showed that 1,590. 284 candidates sat for the examination in which
only 562, 413 candidates obtained credits in five subjects and above including
English Language and Mathematics while 1,029,871 representing 64.63 per cent
failed to obtain admission requirement to the nation’s universities.
See the ranking below:
See the ranking below:
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