"Evil People": Student Who Sat For 2023 WAEC Exam Gets Rare Result After Checking Website
- Instead of seeing his scores, a Nigerian student found something else when he visited the West African Examinations Council's site
- The West African exam body recently released the results for its 2023 examinations and withheld those of candidates from eight states
- Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, shed light on why results from eight states were not released
Some students were shocked to see "INDEBTED" against their 2023 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results when they visited the body's website.
Two different results with "INDEBTED" on them were shared on social media and generated angry reactions from Nigerians.
Source: UGC
WAEC withheld results from eight states
Findings by YEN.com.gh showed that candidates seeing "INDEBTED" are from states where WAEC withheld their results.
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According to Patrick Areghan, the Head of the National Office, WASSCE results of candidates from eight states of the federation were withheld over their indebtedness to the council, Vanguard reports.
In a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, Areghan was mum on listing all the states owing but mentioned that Zamfara and Niger were the highest debtors. He expressed optimism that some of the states would soon pay up.
His words:
“I need to restate that the results of candidates sponsored by states indebted to the Council will not be released now until they pay up. We appeal to them to do so to enable the affected schools/candidates to access their results.”
Netizens react to the "indebted" WASSE result
Master Wino said:
"Which means ur school has problem with the waec board."
Vivian Theodore said:
"What again do we need to hear in this country."
TommyLee Jones said:
"Meanwhile those state Governors kids are schooling abroad."
Adekunle Chukwuma Ciroma Ahmed said:
"Banana Republic where everything goes.
"Why punishing individual for crime of State,
"Nigeria, officially a failed country."
Vonne Online Collections said:
"And none of the state governor's children are schooling in their state..
"E...v...il people."
Former KETASCO NSMQ backup earns admission into US college
Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that Cynthia Makafui Baragbor, a 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) participant, has earned admission into Amherst College in the US with a yearly scholarship of $93,000.
The prodigy was part of the team that represented her alma mater, Keta Senior High Technical School (Ketasco), in the year's NSMQ. She emerged in the top 1% in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) when she graduated with 8As.
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