Tag: WAEC

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January 4, 2014

Praise the Lord! 15 people who cheated in WAEC exams return certificates because they are ‘now born again’

by Oge Okonkwo A very unusual thing which surprised everyone occurred recently when no fewer than 15 persons returned certificates ...

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December 26, 2013

Meet the 21-year-old who failed WAEC but is best graduating student with 4.91 GPA (PICTURED)

by ‘Jola Sotubo Look at that. The best graduating student of Crawford University, Igbesa in Ogun has shared his victory. ...

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December 19, 2013

Not good: Mass failure as WAEC releases Nov/Dec results

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC,  Thursday released its November/December  Senior Secondary School Examination results. Only 86,612 candidates, representing 29.17% ...

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November 29, 2013

Inspired: Meet girl, 17, who made the overall best result in May/June WAEC exams (PICTURED)

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Folafoluwa Oginni, a Seventeen-year-old girl, has emerged the overall best pupil in the May/June 2012 West African Senior ...

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October 24, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian leadership and the Nigerian people are equally irresponsible

by Frederick Nwafor As pointed out tangentially earlier, the Nigerian leadership and the Nigerian people share morsels of garbage from ...

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September 4, 2013

WAEC: Students to spend 5 years in jail over exam malpractices

The federal government stated that on Wednesday that going forward, school certificate examination offenders would spend 5 five years in ...

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August 27, 2013

FRAUD: Gov’t panel alleges theft of N31 million WAEC fees in Ogun

by ‘Jola Sotubo A shocking discovery has been made by a panel of enquiry set up by the Ogun State Government ...

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August 20, 2013

Here we go again: Teachers shut down WAEC office over unpaid allowances

by Oge Okonkwo The  West African Examinations (WAEC) office in Makurdi, Benue state, was shut down yesterday by protesting teachers in ...

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August 8, 2013

Good grades: 70 per cent of WAEC candidates pass

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) yesterday released the full results of 1,543,683 candidates who sat for its May/June 2013 ...

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July 14, 2013

Adegbenga Adeyemi: Let me tell you a story about failure (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Adegbenga Adeyemi Let me tell you a story of failure. Why failure? It is a far better teacher than ...

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June 5, 2013

Opinion: How thirst for paper qualification underdeveloped Nigeria’s education sector

by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu In a desperate mood to acquire a very good certificate or result….some candidates in collaboration with their ...

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March 5, 2013

Opinion: The unburnt midnight candle: A crisis within

by Ifeanyi Okoli Now, of all the dangerous trends which manifest in this society, the most frightening is the dearth ...

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January 31, 2013

Oyo to sanction schools for poor exam results

by Rachel Ogbu Students and their teachers will have to seat up in Oyo State as the government on Wednesday ...

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January 14, 2013

It’s your fault: WAEC blames schools for exam malpractice

Godwin Akanfe Comfort Agwu, the Deputy Registrar, West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has blamed school administrators for examination malpractice. Agwu ...

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December 23, 2012

More than half fail WAEC exams as blind students take the lead

by Rachel Ogbu A massive 62.03 percent of students who wrote the November/December 2012 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination ...

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December 14, 2012

“Don’t go into relationships, boys only want sex” – Sandra Anazor, NECO best candidate

by Akan Ido Sandra Anazor can only be described as a genius, the 18-year-old girl from Umuawulu in Awka South ...

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November 16, 2012

WAEC continues annual ritual, withholds 101,398 results for malpractices

by Isi Esene Over 101,398 candidates who wrote the 2012 May/June West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have ...

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August 11, 2012

Better, but far from good: WAEC releases May/June 2012 SSCE results

by Stanley Azuakola The results of the May/June 2012 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been released. It ...

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July 15, 2012

“There is a need for a rethink” – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is very displeased with Nigeria’s education system

by Adeniyi Abdul Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy,  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has criticised the Nigerian educational system, ...

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April 6, 2012

YNaija Editorial: Yes, it’s time for someone to sue JAMB

Over the past few days, there has been ridicule and  laughter over a news report that some candidates for the ...

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March 23, 2012

Subsidise us! WAEC pleads for funds to hire markers

by Lekan Olanrewaju In what will probably provide fodder for several “subsidy” jokes to come, the West African Examinations Council has ...

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