Monrovia – The Administration of the College of Liberia (UL) has introduced large failures within the establishment’s July 12, 2025, entrance and placement examinations.
By J.H. Webster Clayeh (0886729972), [email protected]
In accordance with UL, out of 13,130 registered candidates, 9,299 (74.30%) failed, whereas 2,807 (28.32%) handed. A complete of 614 candidates (4.68%) had been absent, and 410 (3.28%) had been disqualified for causes together with incorrect shading of reply sheets.
The report additional exhibits that extra feminine candidates handed the examination in comparison with males. 1,415 females (50.41%) had been profitable, towards 1,392 males (49.59%).
On the David A. Straz-Sinje Technical and Vocational Faculty in Grand Cape Mount County, 221 candidates registered. Of that quantity, 33 (14.93%) had been absent, whereas 188 (85.07%) sat the examination. Amongst them, 25 candidates (13.30%) handed, 85 (45.21%) failed, 74 had been required to rewrite, and 4 (2.13%) had been disqualified for incorrect shading.
UL President, Dr. Layli Maparyan, described the result as each a problem and a possibility. She famous that the college witnessed a formidable improve in purposes, which she mentioned displays the establishment’s rising status.
She defined that the outcomes characterize each the Laptop-Primarily based and Paper-Primarily based Examinations administered by the Heart for Testing and Analysis (CTE) from July 1–5, 2025, at facilities in Montserrado County and Grand Cape Mount County.
Dr. Maparyan additionally highlighted efforts to enhance incapacity entry and inclusion. She disclosed that in July, the college’s Useful resource Heart for Incapacity Companies and Assist and Different Studying (RCDSSAL), in collaboration with Liberia UniPOD, made historical past by administering the first-ever entrance exams for visually impaired candidates. This included using Braille and specialised pc software program.
“The outcomes of this examination will probably be launched to the press as quickly as they’re accessible. Moreover, RCDSSAL carried out a weeklong collection of consciousness workshops on incapacity throughout the Capitol Hill, Fendall, and Straz-Sinje campuses,” she mentioned.
She additional revealed that UL is mobilizing its Ph.D. holders and terminal diploma college in its quest to change into a Ph.D.-centric college and safe a spot among the many Prime 300 universities in Africa, in keeping with the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Improvement.
On tutorial integrity, Dr. Maparyan vowed to proceed tackling fraud and different illegal practices. She mentioned an Educational Fraud Committee, established in April, has been actively investigating new instances, whereas a Transition Workforce is working to reform procedures on the Workplace of Enrollment Companies.
