Sierra Leone: 2011 BECE Results - WAEC Cancels 92 Subjects

The West African Examination Council WAEC has released the result of the 2011 Basic Education Certificate Examination BECE

with over 50% passes and a total of 92 various subjects and one entire results of 93 candidates from 21 schools across the country cancelled for exams irregularities.

In a telephone interview with Concord Times, head of WAEC in Sierra Leone, Sheriff Mohamed Sapateh said there was an improvement in this year's exams.

"There is an improvement in this year's result with over 50% passes. But we cancelled 92 various subjects and one entire results of 93 candidates from 21 schools across the country," he said.

He maintained that the results were cancelled as a result of various examination malpractices ranging from taking illegal materials into the hall, impersonation and cheating, among others. He noted that the entire result shows a downward trend in Mathematics with 22.25% passes as compared to last year's 29% and revealed that Vaafouley Kanneh of the Sierra Leone Grammar School topped this year's exams with an aggregate of six.


He pointed out that the 2011 BECE had a candidate entry of 81,917 which indicates an increase of 11.45% over last year's figure of 73,510.

"I want to congratulate all candidates that have acquired aggregate that can secure places for them in senior secondary schools. I challenge all candidates to adapt a more positive approach towards their school work for a brighter future.

Candidates can access their results through the internet by purchasing a scratch card or visit their respective schools," he stated.

Amadiyya Muslim Secondary School, Modern High School, Sierra Leone Grammar School, Browndel High School and the International School all have candidates with an aggregate of seven.

As Betts and Berewa Law Firm warns – fake WAEC results hunt colleges

By: SEM on October 17, 2011.

Constituent colleges of the University of Sierra Leone (USL), we are told, are at present putting a fight against the exploit of fraudulent results of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

Consequent to recent investigations, which reports are presently examined by the University Court, and to be released as a ‘White Paper’ for public consumption very soon, respective colleges are reportedly introducing measures that prevent students seeking for admission into the University or tertiary institutions or would be grandaunts doctored or using fake WAEC results to gain entrance.

Whereas colleges are littered with WAEC results cheat, advocates of excellence education have confided in Sierra Express Media that, on a number of occasions, WAEC’s letterhead, seal, and official stamp found its way in the hands of deceitful individuals aiming to nose-dive this country’s standard of education, which for long has been prided as the ‘best’ in the sub region.

Tthe use of fake results to gain entrance to colleges, has not only demeaned the enviable reputation of the University of Sierra Leone internationally, but has rather injected laziness in students seeking higher education.

This, according to findings of the ‘Professor Gbamanja’ Commission, is what has lead to an unending decline in the standards of education and corruption from within circuits of education practitioners generally.

Even though academicians questioned reasons most important to the falling standards of education at University levels, allegation is that the commitments of lecturers and the deplorable status of college infrastructures as compared to contemporary standards are causative factors leading to the nonstop decline of Sierra Leone’s educational norms.

WAEC Sierra Leone mandate and mission ...

 Investigations have it clear that with the emergence in the growth of information technology, WAEC results are prone to illegal downloading nay the endless resultant alterations of figures to suit the students’ unlawful purposes.

The rife and uncalled for falsification of results by apparently officials of WAEC or unknown unscrupulous outsiders has in the recent past, provoked worried college institutions to force WAEC give them access to their database to enable them to verify results submitted them by the applicants.

Consequently, applicants using the WAEC vanguards are under pressure buying scratch cards so that suspecting colleges can verify the authenticity of their results.

This has however put serious financial constraints on a number of University applicants and has posed embarrassment to genuine certified WAEC candidates.

An information communication expert that spoke with Sierra Express Media advanced reasons that until WAEC debars the possibilities of illegal downloading of essential features, irregularities of fake results will virtually not end at all. 

By Momoja Lappia
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