This is very saddening to know that Cross River State could not make the top ten positions. More saddening, is even the fact that Cross River State was the least performed State in the whole of South-South and South-East geopolitical regions. While all other States in the two regions fell under the top ten, Cross River State took a nosedive to the twentieth position. If what Mr Daniel Agbor posted on Facebook some weeks ago, about the poor funding of educational system by the State government, has anything to go by; a situation where primary six pupils and SS2 students can no longer promptly write their terminal and mock exams respectively because of poor funding, is to say the least very disappointing and indeed, very embarrassing.
Meanwhile, all the candidates at both primary and secondary levels are said to have long paid their respective examinations fees. How can we hope to have a good performance against this abysmal background? When the State government that was supposed to guarantee the future of our children, will turn around to misappropriate their duly paid exams fees.
Please, the stakeholders should all rise up and call Governor Ben Ayade to order. Cross Riverians put him there to serve and not to lord it over us. It is high time the Governor declared a state of emergency in our educational system like Adams Oshiomhole and some Governors did in their respective States and, today they are topping the charts. Cross River State have not had a good show in WAEC for the past ten years now going because of bad administration. We have had the worst pegs put in the wrong holes during this period under review. Therefore, we must all take appropriate note of this to make amends in future, in the interest of our children who are supposed to be our future leaders.
WAEC RESULTS 2016 [State-By-State League Table]
[GROUP A STATES]
• Abia -1st
• Anambra -2nd
• Edo -3rd
• Rivers -4th
• Imo -5th
• Lagos -6th
• Bayelsa -7th
• Delta -8th
• Enugu -9th
• Ebonyi -10th
[GROUP B STATES]
• Ekiti -11th
• Kaduna – 12th
• Ondo -13th
• Abuja -14th
• Kogi -15th
• Benue -16th
• Akwa Ibom -17th
• Kwara -18th
• Ogun -19th
• Cross River -20th
[GROUP C STATES]
• Taraba -21st
• Plateau -22nd
• Nasarawa -23rd
• Kano -24th
• Borno -25th
• Oyo -26th
• Niger -27th
• Adamawa -28th
• Osun -29th
• Sokoto -30th
• Bauchi -31st
• Kebbi -32nd
• Katsina -33rd
• Gombe -34th
• Jigawa -35th
• Zamfara -36th
• Yobe – 37th.
Congrats to all successful Students and for you reading this, in what league did your state belong? Drop your comments below for any views about the rankings.