Blind students have come tops in the November/December 2012 West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
Forty-nine blind students, representing 46.93 per cent registered for the examination, obtained five credits, including English Language, in the examination.
Blind candidates do not sit for Mathematics and Science practical in WASSCE.
This, however, was not the case with the students with sight as the dismal performance in previous examinations continued, with only 37.97 per cent of those who sat for the examination obtained five credits in English language and Mathematics.
The number, according to the West African Examination Council, represents a failure of 62.03 per cent.
The Head, National Office of the Council, Charles Eguridu, stated that out of 396,614 candidates who sat for the examination, about 47,289 results, representing 11.04 per cent, were withheld for various cases of examination malpractices.
Eguridu said: “A total number of 49 blind candidates registered for the examination.
“Out of this figure, 23 candidates, representing 46.93 per cent, obtained credits in five subjects, including English Language.
“A total of 413,266 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 396,614 candidates, consisting of 216,600 male and 180,014 female candidates, sat for the examination.
“Out of the total number of candidates that registered, 406,108 candidates, representing 98.27 per cent, have their results fully processed, while 7,158 candidates, representing 1.73 per cent, have a few of their subjects still being processed as various errors and omissions, mostly traceable to candidates, are being sorted out by the Council.
“These errors were committed during registration and the actual conduct of the examination.”
Eguridu attributed the dismal failure to the failure of qualified teachers in most schools across the country, while urging the Ministry of Education to register schools with the necessary facilities for the examination.
He added: “Out of 161,706 candidates that sat for the examination, 40.77 per cent obtained six credits and above.
“While, 268,688 candidates, representing 67.74 per cent, obtained credits and above in four subjects, as 309,706 candidates, representing 78.10 per cent, obtained credits and above in three subjects.
“A total of 343,352 candidates, representing 86.57 per cent, obtained credit and above in two subjects.”
Students who sat for the examination have been advised to visit the Council’s website for their results.
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