The Banjul-based office the
sub-regional educational body, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has
made public the results from the May-June 2012 West African Senior School
Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
WAEC said a total of 7847 candidates from 66 Senior
Secondary Schools registered for the examination, of which 4226 (53.85%) were
male and 3621 (46.15%) female.
In its Tuesday’s statement, WAEC revealed male
candidates dominates their female counterparts in 26 of the 31 subjects
registered by both categories of candidates.
Overall, Gambian students registered in 32 subjects in
the 2012 WASSCE, including English Language, Mathematics and a host of Science,
Arts, Commerce, and Technical Subjects.
“Out of the 32 subjects, the performance of candidates
improved in 26 subjects when compared to performance in the previous year,” the
Council said. “However, performance regressed this year in six (6) subjects
which included Economics, Literature-in-English and Further Mathematics.”
It also said 394 (5.02%) of all candidates obtained
credit passes in five subjects including English Language and Mathematics,
contrary to the 2011 figure of 351 (4.45%).
“There has been a marked improvement in the percentage
obtaining the minimum requirement for university entrance,” WAEC said.
Exam Cheats
On May 9, 2012 WAEC’s Office in Gambia decided to annul the Grade 9 Science Paper 2 exam
for Gambia
Basic Education Certificate Examination (GABECE) taken
by upper basic schools.
The
decision followed allegations of cheating in one of the upper basic (junior)
schools in rural Gambia.
At
Nyoro Jataba Upper Basic School, in the Lower River Region the Education Directorate
in the regional capital, Mansakonko, confirmed that the “security bag”
containing the question papers was tempered with.
“The
lock of the door was damaged and when the bag was opened, one of the envelopes
containing 50 question papers was opened and two copies of the question papers
were missing,” the Daily Observer quoted Mr. Pateh Bah, the head of the WAEC Gambia Office
to have said.
A May 13 statement said: “The West African
Examinations Council, Banjul office therefore enjoins the public once again, as
it has done on many fora before, to give their support in rooting out
examination mal-practices from our society.”
Meanwhile, the results of Gambia Basic Education
Certificate Examination (GABECE) are expected to be out in early September
2012, as has been the case in preceding years.
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