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The Head of Test Administration of WAEC in Nigeria, Frances Iweha-Onukwu, made the revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday

NAN reports that the meeting, which was chaired by the Registrar of WAEC, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, had all the Heads of National Offices of the five member countries in attendance, except that of the Gambia.

According to him, Nigerians have often made the mistake of using the mirror, which is WAECs report per candidate, to measure the standard of education as contained in the curriculum against their performance and achievements

Uwadiae said: “Consider the fact that you start with the commissioning of item writers, moderation of the items, printing of the question papers and at the tail end, while administering the paper, perhaps just one of the question papers is stolen before the day of the examination

The Head of the National Office of WAEC, Olutise Adenipekun, made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday where he announced the release of the results for private candidates

Charles Eguridu, the Head of the Nigerian National Office of WAEC, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja

The WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Charles Eguridu, made the remark at a media briefing in Lagos

WAEC’s Head of National Office, Dr. Charles Eguridu, said at media briefing in Lagos that candidates from no fewer than 19 states that had yet to settle the council’s registration fees may be affected

Eguridu noted that when compared to the 2012 and 2013 May/June WASSCE diets, there was marginal decline in the performance of candidates as 38: 81 per cent was recorded in 2012 and 36.57 per cent in 2013

Stephen Taiwo, WAEC’s Director of Administration, said at a media briefing in Lagos that the suspect confessed to having designed a fraudulent Website where he claimed to supply solutions to examination questions

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