August 27, (THEWILL) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied reports that it carried out the ranking of the performance of states in its recently released examination for school candidates.
WAEC’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Lagos.
He urged the public to disregard the ranking, noting that it was false.
“We read from some social media that WAEC has rated performance of states in our recent West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), presumably the 2022 examination for school candidates.
“It ranked Kebbi as being 20th out of the 37 ranked states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in the public school-based performance data, supposedly made available by council.
“The malicious report rated Enugu as being first, followed by Edo and Benue, with 93.9, 93.5 and 91.7 percent respectively, among others.
“I want to say here that the ranking is completely false, as it did not emanate from the council because there are many other things to be considered to arrive at such percentage and this is not part of our job.
“We, as WAEC, do not do state ranking. We only indicate number of credits in subjects and other categories.
“We do not dabble into areas that are not part of our duty as council”, Areghan said.
THEWILL had reported that Edo State ranked as the top state in the 2021 West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, with a 92.8% success percentage among students who sat for the examination in the state.
The state also ranked second in the nation for the pass rate among public school pupils who sat for the examination in 2021.
Citing recent statistics from WAEC and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) issued by data provider, Statisense, on its Twitter account, Edo led the nation with 92.8 percent of students passing the exams with five credits, including English and Mathematics, closely followed by Enugu State with 92.7 percent, Anambra with 92.2 percent, Benue State with 91.5 percent, Ebonyi with 90.5 percent, and Cross River State with 90.2 percent.
Enugu State ranked first with a score of 93.9 percent, followed by Edo with 93.5 percent, Benue with 91.7 percent, Ebonyi with 91.3 percent, and Anambra with 91.3 percent in the ranking of the performance of public schools that submitted candidates for the examination.
