Akwa Ibom as recorded rising performance by candidates who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination from 2019 to 2021.
This was part of the reports presented to the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council, which held yesterday, Thursday, December 30, at Government House, Uyo.
Briefing reporters at the end of the Council Meeting, chaired by Governor Udom Emmanuel, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong, mentioned that in her presentation, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet said the percentage of candidates who passed with credits in 5 subjects or more, including -English Language and Mathematics rose from 58.55 to 68.05 and 78.90, for 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Adding that the report showed the total number of those who took the examination in the years under review as 54,171; 52,207 and 51,771, Comrade Ememobong, said although, the council commended the Education Commissioner for the rising performance by the candidates, “she was charged to improve the performance in future examinations.”
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