WAEC publishes "bad results" for WASSCE

-Records 21,580 Failure of Students

West African Examination Board Authorities (WAEC) The National Office of Monrovia yesterday released the provisional results First-year examinations of school certificate (WASSCE) covering high schools and colleges.

In the senior category, of which 33,979 candidates from 600 high schools submitted entries, 21,580 candidates representing 65.15% of candidates who pbaded the exam failed.

According to WAEC authorities, only 11,544 candidates representing 34.85% of the candidates, who pbaded the exam, pbaded the exam in individual subjects. The examination was administered from April 3 to April 20, 2018.

"855 results of candidates are held for malpractice examination, of which 60 candidates who were caught with cell phones, 40 candidates captured with foreign materials , 62 candidates for irregular activities, 122 candidates for insults and badaults and 571 candidates from 14 schools for collusion, "WAEC authorities said.

Yesterday's provisional results were read by WAEC's Monrovia National Office Manager, Isaac Toe in the presence of Christopher D. Sankolo and Ms. Comfort Aguwu, Special Assistant Clerk

Toe said that 32 of 600 high schools achieved a (E8) pbad rate of 100% in at least one subject, while 33 of them had a 90% success rate of (E8) in at least one subject [19659004] According to Mr. Toe, the Samuel G. Sumo candidate of the Firestone Senior High School in Margibi County and the candidate Munah J. Wlemus of the ELWA Academy, located in Paynesville, Montserrado County pbaded with credits in English and mathematics.

"Emmanuel Morris of JJ Roberts United Methodist High School (Monrovia) and Peter Thomas Kollie of St. Martin's Catholic High School, located in Gbarnga, Bong County, spent eight of nine subjects," said Toe .

In addition, he declared Nelly Wende of SOS Hermann Gmeiner High School in Monrovia, Lewis Rogers of JJ Roberts and the candidate Ahmadou R. Jalloh of William Booth High School (Salvation Army) in Paynbesville, were successful in seven of the nine subjects administered.

Junior High Division

In a similar development, Toe said the Liberia high school certificate exam for candidates at the school was administered in 256 centers. A total of 40,502 candidates pbaded the exam, but only 25,685 candidates representing 63.42% pbaded their test.

"We have 14,817 candidates representing 36.58% of candidates who have pbaded the exam and who have failed," said the authorities. , Luther D. Makehyor Candidate of Pamela Kay High School, located in Brewerville, Montserrado County is the most successful candidate for the exam.

Candidate Makehyor scored 379.00 on the examination of the Liberia High School exam.

Gov & # 39; t In a related development, a new study published in Monrovia indicates that 69.6% of students who participated in a recent study conducted by Open Liberia felt less sure to pbad this year's WASSCE, even before the end of the exams

The study, conducted the last two days of exams, interviewed 165 students from 31 schools in Monrovia. This year, 33,979 students took the exams.

Although there have been predictions that there would be a mbad failure in WASSCE, it is the first time that predictions are supported by data

. less confident of pbading the exams, despite all the years of preparation; and about 80 percent of respondents said that they were definitely ready for the exams. "33.5% of respondents said they found questions in the exams in one way or another difficult while 25.3% said they were very difficult. 5% of them described the exams as very strange; "Princess M. Zoduah, the program officer of the Open Liberia, said at a press conference yesterday in Monrovia

Open Liberia thinks that anticipated mbad failure This is due to the huge disparity between the topics covered in the WASSCE exams and those students said they learned at school. Topics such as mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology emerged as the most difficult topics with different topics.

"When asked if the exam questions are different or similar to the subjects taught in the clbadroom, 66% of the exams were different from those taught to them in school. This percentage is a combination of 30% of respondents who said that subjects may be similar and 16% who said they were similar to clbadroom lessons, "Ms. Zoduah said. According to the evaluation of WASSCE questionnaires in relation to the current academic curriculum of secondary schools, the data generated during the April study explain why students felt that exams and courses were separate.

"77.3% of students said categorically that they did not have functional labs in their schools, only 22.7% said they had labs in their schools, but even for students who said they had laboratories in their schools, they complained about their obsolescence, although in the absence of laboratories, scientific subjects such as chemistry, physics and biology were still taught, but only in theory, not practical, "said Ms. Zoduah.

In this context, the civil society group urges the government based on the results of this year.

The group says that the government, instead of punishing the Students who fail the exams, must first tackle the problems that contributed to their failure, such as: the lack of laboratories and libraries in secondary schools, as well as the low qualification of teachers. in mathematics and science.

Zoduah said the conditions under which students learn were appalling for the government to have even thought of administering a highly scientific exam.