Cambridge Assessment confirms Buhari’s WASC result

Muhammadu Buhari's secondary school result has been validated by Cambridge Assessment.

Cambridge Assessment, formerly known as University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, (UCLES), despite not releasing the result of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has instead put up a post on its website confirming the one obtainable.

The details of the released post is similar to the one released by Buhari's secondary school in Katsina.

The result released by Cambridge confirmed that the grading of results for the 1961 examination was issued in numbers, as opposed to being in letters.

The post also confirmed that in 1961, a candidate was eligible to qualify for its certificate, with a pass in English but not necessarily in Mathematics.

The university added that according to the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers, including those for Hausa, were set for the West African School Certificate.

Read the post below:
“The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), now known as Cambridge Assessment, in response to requests to authenticate a candidate's exam certificate, today said: “We can only confirm or verify results at the direct request of or with the permission of a candidate.”

“This is in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”

The organisation also confirmed that according to the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers, including those for Hausa were set for the West African School Certificate.

NOTES:
Examination results were classed in grades by 1 to 9. 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicates a Failure.

To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate.

The number of candidates who sat for the WASC Hausa examination in 1961 was 152.

Our records show that Hausa was set in the Northern Region in 1961.”