There has been a 1.90 percent improvement in candidates performance in the November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) compared to last year’s result.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) made this known in Lagos on Friday when it announced the release of the results of the 2012 edition of the examination.
The new head of national office of the council in Nigeria, Charles Eguridu, told newsmen that 150,615 candidates representing 37.97 percent of candidates who sat for the examination obtained credits in 5 subjects including English language and Mathematics which makes them eligible for admission into a university.
He said candidates can check their results using their scratch cards on the council’s website as from Saturday 22 of December.