Common entrance results released

Pupils seeking admission into secondary schools in the country now know their fate. The results of the 2015 Common Entrance Examination into grammar schools in most regions in the country are now available.

In the South West, they were published over the weekend, with a 88.1 per cent performance, compared to 88.06 per cent in 2014.

A total of 21,204 candidates registered for the examination, with 21,072 effectively writing and 18,575 passing. Among successful candidates, 17,136 made it in List ‘A’ or honours roll while 1,439 were on List ‘B.’ Of the six administrative divisions in the South West Region, Fako came best with 93.77 per cent passes while Kupe Muanenguba came last with 71.6 per cent. Lebialem came second with 92.4 per cent, Manyu 91.9 per cent, Ndian 87.2 per cent, and Meme 83.2 per cent.

Successful pupils seeking admission into State-owned colleges will undergo interviews from June 15-19, 2015. A regional coordination meeting has been called by the Regional Delegate of Secondary Education to involve Principals of colleges and Divisional Delegates of Secondary Education to be held after interviews to approve admissions into Forms One of various schools.

Meanwhile in the North West Region, results of the Government Common Entrance examinations into grammar and technical schools were released on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

According to a source in the Regional Delegation of Basic Education in Bamenda, there has been a marked improvement in performance. The entrance examination into grammar schools has a score of 78.96 per cent as against 71 per cent in 2014. Similarly, the Common Entrance into technical colleges saw a pass rate of 61.11 per cent, compared to 58.11 last year.

Upon the release of the results, some private and mission colleges in the region have already scheduled admission interviews as early as this weekend. On the other hand, government colleges in the North West Region are yet to announce the date for their admission interviews.

On the other hand, results in the Centre Region were published on Tuesday, June 2, 20145. According to the Regional Delegate for Basic Education, Bassi Ngoa Ze Jean Théodore, some 9,907 candidates wrote the Government Common Entrance examination, with 9,149 passing. This gives a percentage pass of 92.34, compared to 92.1 per cent in 2014.