Aug 10 2015

CHECK YOUR 2015 MAY/JUNE WAEC RESULT HERE

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) May/June SSCE result is officially out. Follow the steps below to check the May-June WAEC result 2015.

How To Check:

1) Visit the WAEC Result Checking Portal on www.waecdirect.org

2) Enter your 10-digit WAEC Examination Number; (This is your 7-Digit centre number followed by your 3-digit candidate number eg. 4123456789).

3) Select your Examination Year (i.e. 2015).

4) Select the Type of Examination [ i.e. MAY/JUNE WASSCE].

5) Enter the Card Serial Number found on the reverse side of your Scratch card.

6) Enter the Personal Identification Number (PIN) on your Scratch card (Use the PIN printed on your examination/acknowledgement slip).

7) Click the Submit button and your WAEC result will be displayed on your computer screen.

Alternatively, the result can be accessed via SMS;

This option involves sending SMS in the format below:

– WAEC*ExamNo*PIN*ExamYear To 32327 (MTN, Celtel & Glo subscribers)

– Example: WAEC*4250101001*123456789012*2007

(Note: Make sure you adhere strictly to the format above. There should be no space in the message)

– Wait for your result to be delivered to your phone via SMS. (SMS Cost N30 Only)

Best of luck To You all

WAEC Announces May/June 2015 WASSCE Results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results.

Speaking during a press conference in Lagos, the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Charles Eguridu said that a total of 1,605,248 candidates registered for the May/June examination while 1,593,442 sat for the exam.

He said that 864,096 of the candidates were males while 729,346 candidates were females.

In a breakdown of the results, a total of 1,498,069 candidates representing 94.01% have their results fully released while 95,373 candidates representing 5.99% have a few of their subjects still being processed due to some errors traceable to candidates and schools.

758,849 candidates representing 47.62% obtained six credits and above while 949,862 candidates representing 59.61% obtained five credits and above.

A total of 1,114,988 candidates representing 69.97% obtained credits and above in four subjects and about 1,295,915 candidates representing 78.81% obtained credits and above in three subjects.

The results of 118,101 candidates, representing 7.41% are being withheld in connection with various cases of examination malpractice.

Eguridu said the cases are being investigated and reports of the investigations will be presented to the Nigerian Examinations Committee (NEC).

The HNO added that there was better performance of candidates when compared with the results of 2013 and 2014 examinations as 616,370 candidates, representing 38.68% obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

Speaking on the performance of blind candidates, Mr. Eguridu said that out of 109 blind candidates that registered and sat for the examination, 20 of them, representing 18.34% obtained credit in 5 subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

He further stated that candidates will be able to check their results on the Council’s website within the next 24 hours.

To check the 2015 May/June WAEC SSCE result, follow the procedure detailed on the link above;

On the states that are owing the council, the WAEC boss said that a few of the debtor states responded by paying their debts fully or partially while a few others made promises, indicating their willingness to pay as soon as they are able to do so.

He stated that the results of debtor-States’ candidates would be released if such States endeavour to produce bank guarantees (APGs), so that the Council will be assured that the fees will be paid.

This decision, he said, is in appreciation of the general prevailing economic challenges in the country and in order not to jeopardize the educational careers of the candidates of the indebted states.

Dec 19 2014

70% OF CANDIDATES FAIL NOV/DEC WASSCE…BUT THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU THAT THE FORMER MINISTER OF EDUCATION MR WIKE COULD HAVE MADE IT BETTER BY NOT PLAYING POLITICS ONLY IN OFFICE!

Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau

Of the 246,853 candidates who sat for the November/December 2014 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, only 72,522 candidates, representing 29.37 per cent, obtained credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English Language.

This puts the percentage of failed candidates at 70.63 per cent.

However, the Head of the Nigeria National Office, the West African Examinations Council, Mr. Charles Eguridu, said there was an improvement when compared with last year’s 26.97 per cent (amounting to 80,135 candidates) who obtained five credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English Language.

Announcing the results in Lagos on Thursday, Eguridu said there was a marked reduction in examination malpractices.

He attributed this to recent measures, including the introduction of biometric registration and customised mathematical sets with inbuilt calculators, taken to curb the scourge.

Notwithstanding efforts made to curb examination frauds, Eguridu said WAEC withheld results of 28,817 candidates.

He said the results which represented 11.67 of the number of candidates who wrote the examination, were withheld for “various cases of malpractices.”

The cases, according to him, are being investigated with the reports of findings expected to be presented to the National Examination Committee for consideration.

The examination agency had withheld 38,260 results, equivalent of 12.88 per cent of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination in 2013 for similar reasons.

Short of the total figures are 5,691 candidates (about 2.3 per cent) whose results, Eguridu said, were still being processed for errors he blamed on the candidates and cyber café operators.

He said, “Of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination, 75,313 candidates (30.5 per cent) obtained credits and above in six subjects; 110,346 candidates (44. 7 per cent) obtained credits and above in five.

“In addition, 145,036 candidates, representing 58.75 per cent, obtained credits and above in four subjects while 177.177 candidates, representing 71.77 per cent, obtained credits and above in three subjects. A total of 205,090 candidates (83.08) obtained credits and above in two subjects,” he presented.

The total number of candidates that sat for the examination this year is 61,364 short of the 308,217 candidates that wrote it last year – a decline of about 20 per cent.

There was also a shortfall of “blind candidates” enrollment. The figure fell from 82 recorded the previous year to 48. And while 17 of the category of candidates obtained five credits in 2013, four achieved similar feat this year.

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Aug 31 2014

2014/2015 WAEC/GCE PHYSICS SCHEME/SYLLABUS AS REQUESTED

2014/2015 WAEC/GCE PHYSICS SCHEME/SYLLABUS

PREAMBLE

The syllabus is evolved from the Senior Secondary School teaching syllabus and is intended to indicate the scope of the course for Physics examination.

It is structured with the conceptual approach. The broad concepts of matter, position, motion and time; energy; waves; fields; Atomic and Nuclear Physics, electronics are considered and each concept forms a part on which other sub-concepts are further based.

AIMS

The aims of the syllabus are to enable candidates

(1) acquire proper understanding of the basic principles and applications of
Physics;

(2) develop scientific skills and attitudes as pre-requisites for further scientific
activities;

(3) recognize the usefulness, and limitations of scientific method to appreciate
its applicability ion other disciplines and in every life;

(4) develop abilities, attitudes and skills that encourage efficient and safe
practice;

(5) develop scientific attitudes such as accuracy, precision, objectivity, integrity,
initiative and inventiveness.

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

The following activities appropriate to Physics will be tested:

(1) Acquisition of knowledge and understanding:

Candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of

(a) Scientific phenomena, facts laws, definitions, concepts and theories;

(b) Scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities
and units);

(c) The use of scientific apparatus, including techniques of operation and aspects of
safety;
(d) Scientific quantities and their determinations;

(e) Scientific and technological applications with their social economic and
environmental implications.

(2) Information Handling and Problem-solving

Candidates should be able, using visual, oral, aural and written (including symbolic, diagrammatic, graphical and numerical) information to

(a) locate select, organize and present information from a variety of sources including everyday experience;
(b) analyse and evaluate information and other data;
(c) use information to identify patterns, report trends and draw inferences;
(d) present reasonable explanations for natural occurrences, patterns and relationships;
(e) make predictions from data.
(3) Experimental and Problem-Solving Techniques

Candidates should be able to

(a) follow instructions;
(b) carry out experimental procedures using apparatus;
(c) make and record observations, measurements and estimates with due regard to
precision, accuracy and units;

(d) interpret, evaluate and report on observations and experimental data;

(e) identify problems, plan and carry out investigations, including the selection of
techniques, apparatus, measuring devices and materials;

(f) evaluate methods and suggest possible improvements;

(g) state and explain the necessary precautions taken in experiments to obtain
accurate results.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of which must be taken. Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.

PAPER 1: Will consist of fifty multiple choice questions lasting 1¼ hours and carrying 50 marks.
PAPER 2: Will consist of two sections, Sections A and B lasting1½ hours and carrying 60 marks.
Section A – Will comprise seven short-structured questions. Candidates will be required to answer any five questions for a total of 15 marks.
Section B – Will comprise five essay questions out of which candidates will be required to answer any three for 45 marks.
PAPER 3: Will be a practical test for school candidates or an alternative to practical work paper for private candidates. Each version of the paper will comprise three questions out of which candidates will be required to answer any two in 2¾ hours for 50 marks.

DETAILED SYLLABUS…DOWNLOAD BELOW…

2014-2015 WAEC-GCE PHYSICS SCHEME-SYLLABUS

Feb 23 2014

FOR RECORD PURPOSES…THE 39 NEW SUBJECTS OF WAEC..KINDA LOOK CRAZY!

WAEC’S 39 new subjects!

WAEC logo

The West African Examinations Council has announced the introduction of 39 new subjects in its examinations.

The Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, Mrs. Olayinka Ajibade, who announced this, said the new subjects would commence in this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

Ajibade said this while delivering a paper titled “The New Senior Secondary Education Curriculum in Nigeria: Implications for Assessment” at the council’s monthly seminar in Lagos on Friday.

The fresh initiative, she said, was in accordance with the Nigerian Education Research and Development Council’s new secondary school curriculum.

The NERDC is the body responsible for reviewing primary and secondary schools’ curricula in the country.

She said, “The implementation of the new SSCE curricula began in September 2011, meaning that the maiden public examinations based on the new/ revised curricula are expected to be held in May/ June 2014.

“Each WASSCE syllabus is derived from the senior secondary education curriculum. In addition to the 39 new subjects for which NERDC engaged in curriculum development, curriculum review was also carried out for 35 existing subjects.”

In the new curriculum, four new subjects- Computer Studies, Insurance, Store Management and Office Practice- are in the electives category, while the remaining 35 subjects are in the Trades category.

Among subjects in the trade category are Painting and Decorating, Photography, Salesmanship, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, and Upholstery.

Ajibade added that under the fresh directive, students would be required to take four core subjects, comprising English Language, General Mathematics, Civic Education and Trade/ Entrepreneurial Studies.

The candidates, she added, would be required to choose three or four subjects from Humanities, Science, Technology and Business Studies depending on their potential and interest.

Ajibade, while unveiling this, noted however that the new directive would face some challenges.

She identified inadequate teachers, appalling state of facilities in schools and large class size as some of the challenges that would likely beset the initiative.

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EDITORIAL BY THIS DAY NEWSPAPER EARLIER THIS MONTH

“While we do not want to query how WAEC came about the subjects it is now introducing or the rationale behind the idea, we find it rather curious that the examination body would fall into the “immediate effect” trap. How could these subjects that were never part of the old curriculum feature in the examination to be held this year?

But there are even bigger questions: what is the relevance of some of these subjects to our national development?

Where are the teachers for these subjects? Is introducing plumbing and other such artisanal works into the WAEC curriculum a solution to the challenge of credibility facing the institution?

Given the consistent flow of controversies that trail the release of the SSCE results over the years, including confirmed allegations of examination irregularities and compromised invigilators, we believe there are serious issues WAEC should deal with. In fact, at a time WAEC had become a symbol of the failure of education in Nigeria, we find it curious that the examination body is trying to solve a problem that does not exist while sidestepping the real issue.

It is noteworthy that the emergence of the NECO option to improve access to O’level academic certification was a consequence of the increasing lack of credibility in WAEC results. Yet the nation has been repeatedly scandalised by the incredible difference in the performance of candidates who sat for the same examinations. It is incomprehensible, for instance, that the same candidate should perform miserably in the examination of one of the bodies and superlatively in the other. Being that the examinations are based on the same syllabus there is no explanation other than poor credibility of one, or both, of the examination bodies.

Indeed, to most analysts, the WAEC/NECO dysfunctionality is a throwback to the well- intentioned design of the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) examinations to cushion the access and certification challenges facing A’level candidates in the 70s and 80s. The same peculiar pattern of candidates performing very poorly in one examination while coming out with flying colours in the other was evident. It would be recalled that several universities simply refused to recognise the IJMB certificates. Employers of labour also dismissed it off-hand as having questionable antecedents.

Against the background that over the past five years Nigeria has consistently recorded an annual less-than-40 per cent success rate in these examinations, such consistence in mass failure shows that something is dangerously wrong with the educational system and/or the environment that churns out annually a generation of illiterate young boys and girls. We therefore believe very strongly that the WAEC authorities should put on their thinking caps and come up with better solution to the challenge of credibility still afflicting the examination body.

Finally, we invite the attention of the Federal Ministry of Education to the implications of the new syllabus being introduced by WAEC and urge the authorities to save the nation the steady flow of embarrassing news from the education sector.”