USA Africa Dialogue Series - STAR INFORMATION: Synopsis of WAEC 2014 Results of Nigeria

September 3, 2014

My People:

The Tables below shows a preliminary analysis of the WAEC 2014 results for Nigeria from data recently presented by that testing body.  The candidate population, pass rate differences and gender gap are presented on a state- and geo-political basis, for the education of the reader.

There is clearly a participation and pass rate gap crisis in the North-East (pass rate less than 10%), and a gender gap in the North-West of Nigeria.  With a pass rate of above 50%, the South-East region is punching well above its weight, while Anambra's pass rate of 66% is truly commendable, all things being equal.

And there you have it.

Bolaji Aluko

							WAEC 2014 RESULTS
						Total  Number of Candidates					5 Credits & Above Including English and Maths
S/N	Rank by	Rank by	Rank by	State	2006	Male	Female	TotalSat	%TotalSat		Male	Female	TotalPass	%TotalPass	%Male	%Female	Gender Gap
S/N	2006 Census	TotalSat%	Pass %		Census				in Country					in State	Pass	Pass	Diff F-M
				SOUTH-WEST
1	2	1	7	Lagos	9,113,605	71,700	74,864	146,564	8.66		32,334	34,885	67,219	45.86	45.10	46.60	1.50
2	5	3	24	Oyo	5,580,894	39,340	38,332	77,672	4.59		7,491	7,263	14,754	19.00	19.04	18.95	-0.09
3	17	4	18	Ogun	3,751,140	35,156	35,318	70,474	4.16		9,313	9,661	18,974	26.92	26.49	27.35	0.86
4	18	22	13	Ondo	3,460,877	20,323	18,474	38,797		2.29	6,439	6,133	12,572	32.40	31.68	33.20	1.51
5	19	15	22	Osun	3,416,959	24,421	23,251	47,672	2.82		4,665	4,651	9,316	19.54	19.10	20.00	0.90
6	29	32	12	Ekiti	2,398,957	11,373	10,905	22,278	1.32		3,570	3,960	7,530	33.80	31.39	36.31	4.92
	2	1	3	TOTAL	27,722,432	202,313	201,144	403,457	23.84		63,812	66,553	130,365	32.31	31.54	33.09	1.55
				SOUTH-WEST
				SOUTH-EAST
7	10	12	1	Anambra	4,177,828	23,009	28,709	51,718	3.06		14,985	19,109	34,094	65.92	65.13	66.56	1.43
8	14	18	8	Imo	3,927,563	21,900	24,459	46,359	2.74		8,514	10,325	18,839	40.64	38.88	42.21	3.34
9	22	19	6	Enugu	3,267,837	20,425	25,686	46,111	2.72		10,787	13,148	23,935	51.91	52.81	51.19	-1.63
10	28	9	2	Abia	2,845,380	26,689	29,610	56,299	3.33		15,347	17,600	32,947	58.52	57.50	59.44	1.94
11	34	29	11	Ebonyi	2,176,947	12,761	12,677	25,438	1.50		4,652	4,518	9,170	36.05	36.45	35.64	-0.82
	6	5	1	TOTAL	16,395,555	104,784	121,141	225,925	13.35		54,285	64,700	118,985	52.67	51.81	53.41	1.60
				SOUTH-EAST
				SOUTH-SOUTH
12	6	7	5	Rivers	5,198,716	31,897	32,461	64,358	3.80		16,566	17,402	33,968	52.78	51.94	53.61	1.67
13	12	14	9	Delta	4,112,445	25,449	25,311	50,760	3.00		10,064	10,301	20,365	40.12	39.55	40.70	1.15
14	15	8	14	Akwa-Ibom	3,902,051	29,143	29,997	59,140	3.49		8,729	9,743	18,472	31.23	29.95	32.48	2.53
15	24	6	3	Edo	3,233,366	33,079	31,330	64,409	3.81		18,479	18,763	37,242	57.82	55.86	59.89	4.03
16	27	17	21	Cross-Rivers	2,892,988	24,781	21,805	46,586	2.75		5,561	4,918	10,479	22.49	22.44	22.55	0.11
17	36	33	4	Bayelsa	1,704,515	10,585	9,345	19,930	1.18		5,562	4,967	10,529	52.83	52.55	53.15	0.61
	3	3	2	TOTAL SOUTH-SOUTH	21,044,081	154,934	150,249	305,183	18.03		64,961	66,094	131,055	42.94	41.93	43.99	2.06
				NORTH-WEST
18	1	5	17	Kano	9,401,288	42,089	23,990	66,079	3.90		10,892	7,611	18,503	28.00	25.88	31.73	5.85
19	3	2	10	Kaduna	6,113,503	58,149	42,213	100,362	5.93		20,484	16,030	36,514	36.38	35.23	37.97	2.75
20	4	20	29	Katsina	5,801,584	30,298	13,245	43,543	2.57		2,868	1,681	4,549	10.45	9.47	12.69	3.23
21	8	36	31	Jigawa	4,361,002	13,546	4,247	17,793	1.05		944	386	1,330	7.47	6.97	9.09	2.12
22	17	30	32	Sokoto	3,702,676	18,321	7,070	25,391	1.50		1,193	616	1,809	7.12	6.51	8.71	2.20
23	21	26	33	Zamfara	3,278,873	21,975	7,391	29,366	1.74		1,337	617	1,954	6.65	6.08	8.35	2.26
24	23	28	34	Kebbi	3,256,541	19,074	7,541	26,615	1.57		1,356	320	1,676	6.30	7.11	4.24	-2.87
	1	2	6	TOTAL NORTH-WEST	35,915,467	203,452	105,697	309,149	18.27		39,074	27,261	66,335	21.46	19.21	25.79	6.59
				NORTH-CENTRAL
25	9	13	19	Benue	4,253,641	29,339	21,794	51,133	3.02		7,884	5,851	13,735	26.86	26.87	26.85	-0.03
26	13	11	26	Niger	3,954,772	31,025	20,790	51,815	3.06		4,982	4,229	9,211	17.78	16.06	20.34	4.28
27	20	21	20	Kogi	3,314,043	24,230	18,785	43,015	2.54		5,978	4,746	10,724	24.93	24.67	25.26	0.59
28	25	10	23	Plateau	3,206,531	28,805	23,647	52,452	3.10		5,850	4,359	10,209	19.46	20.31	18.43	-1.88
29	30	23	16	Kwara	2,365,353	18,302	15,543	33,845	2.00		5,058	4,941	9,999	29.54	27.64	31.79	4.15
30	35	16	25	Nassarawa	1,869,377	27,991	19,307	47,298	2.79		4,891	3,730	8,621	18.23	17.47	19.32	1.85
	5	4	5	TOTAL	18,963,717	159,692	119,866	279,558	16.52		34,643	27,856	62,499	22.36	21.69	23.24	1.55
				NORTH-CENTRAL
				NORTH-EAST
31	7	27	36	Bauchi	4,653,066	19,501	9,831	29,332	1.73		896	652	1,548	5.28	4.59	6.63	2.04
32	11	24	28	Borno	4,171,104	19,350	12,633	31,983	1.89		2,845	2,021	4,866	15.21	14.70	16.00	1.29
33	26	25	30	Adamawa	3,178,950	17,700	12,535	30,235	1.79		1,510	1,136	2,646	8.75	8.53	9.06	0.53
34	31	34	35	Gombe	2,365,040	12,356	7,146	19,502	1.15		593	514	1,107	5.68	4.80	7.19	2.39
35	32	37	37	Yobe	2,321,339	11,049	4,261	15,310	0.90		487	256	743	4.85	4.41	6.01	1.60
36	33	31	27	Taraba	2,294,800	15,481	9,107	24,588	1.45		2,329	1,433	3,762	15.30	15.04	15.74	0.69
	4	6	7	TOTAL	18,984,299	95,437	55,513	150,950	8.92		8,660	6,012	14,672	9.72	9.07	10.83	1.76
				NORTH-EAST
37	37 / 7'	35 / 7'	15 / 4'	FCT-ABUJA	1,406,239	8,433	9,720	18,153	1.07		2,612	2,956	5,568	30.67	30.97	30.41	-0.56
				G.TOTAL	140,431,790	929,045	763,330	1,692,375	100.00		268,047	261,432	529,479	31.29	28.85	34.25	5.40

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