EduWatch calls on WAEC to explain BECE Creative Arts and Design results pending
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been asked by Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) to explain the Letter ‘P’ indicated on the Creative Arts and Design BECE results slip of the majority of students who sat for the national examination.
While the P usually stands for pending or pending results, the Education Watch has raised concern over the Council’s inability to address the issue in its press statement to announce the BECE results release
“Kindly explain to parents and candidates the meaning of the ‘P’ score in the CA & Design results. While it denotes pending, Ideally, the ‘why’ should have been explained in your statement, since it appears widespread,” it stated.
Meanwhile, some educationists have expressed their view that students with P may have engaged in some form of exam malpractice which the not-for-profit-making organization is yet to determine their fate.
Also, some say if there was some form of cheating and the answers provided by students look so similar, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) can put such results on hold pending its final investigations.
A sister education blog Education News Consult citing a source familiar with the development has reported that the Creative Arts and Design subject remains pending for all candidates, as it’s their first time writing it.
A total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) entered for the school examination.
This includes fifty-nine (59) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and sixty-three (263) with hearing impairment and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.
The examination was conducted at Two thousand, one hundred and twenty-three (2,123) centres across the country. Out of the total number, three thousand, eight hundred and forty-five (3,845) candidates were absent
The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,390) candidates. This was made up of seven hundred and fifty (750) males and six hundred and forty (640) females
Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.