Abuja - The Senate has directed its Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) to interact with the Minister of Education to identify the causes of the recurring failure in the WAEC results with a view to finding remedies. WASSEC candidate the resolution followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Sen. Umaru Kurf (Katsina Central), who described the recurring mass failure of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) results in the country since 2009 as embarrassing. The Senate expressed worry that the rate of failure continues to increase, saying it was prejudicial to the interest of Nigerian secondary school students and their parents. According to him, in both 2009 and 2010 WAEC, only 25.99 and 24.94 per cent respectively passed with 5 credits including Mathematics and English, while the remaining 70 per cent constituting others failed. "In 2011 May / June WAEC, only 86,612 out of the 1,540,250 candidates that participated in the examinations got believes in mathematics and English language. "Also in 2011 May / June WAEC, only 86,612 out of 1,540,250 candidates that participated in the examinations got credits in Mathematics and English Language. "In 2012 May / June WAEC, only 649,159 out of 1,672,224 candidates that wrote the examinations which represents 38.81 per cent, just got 5 credits and above including in the core subjects of Mathematics and English language. "WAEC in 2013, only 29.17 per cent candidates actually passed the Nov / Dec WAEC examinations while 70
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