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BREAKING: FG orders resumption for Final year pupils ahead of WAEC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 July 2020 0

The Federal Government has said Secondary schools in the country will reopen on August 4, for pupils in exit classes to sit for their West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). Daily Times gathered that the government said students will have two weeks to WAEC The exams will commence 17th of

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Covid-19: FG considers GCE as alternatives for WAEC

Ihesiulo Grace 24 July 2020 0

The Federal Government on Thursday says final year secondary school students may have to sit for the General Certificate of Education (GCE) in November if there is no shift in the timetable of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said this while answering questions at the 52nd […]

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FG suspends reopening of schools, gives reasons

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2020 0

Education Minister Mallam Adamu Adamu said SSSIII pupils will not be participating in the upcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations, adding that the reopening of schools have been suspended. Speaking to State House correspondents after the seventh weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, the minister said there is no date for

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May/June 2020 WASSCE not cancelled, says WAEC

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2020 0

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says the May/June 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, 2020 (WASSCE) has not been cancelled. In a statement by the Head of WAEC, Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Areghan on Sunday, the body explained that a notice alleging the cancellation of 2020 WASSCE did not emanate from the council. The […]

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COVID-19: WAEC, NECO candidates to know fate after lockdown – Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2020 0

Abuja – Candidates sitting for this year’s West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) examinations would know when they would be writing the papers after the COVID-19 lockdown. Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, said this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. He […]

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WAEC appoints new Head of Nigeria National Office

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2020 0

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed Mr. Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan as the new Head of National Office (WAEC) Nigeria. He succeeds Mr. Olutise Isaac Adenipekun who retired from the services of the Council on March 5, 2020. In a press release issued by Public Affairs Department and signed by the Head, Mr. […]

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WAEC introduces electronic certificate management system for rivate candidates

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2020 0

Lagos – The Nigeria Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced an electronic certificate management system, a portal deployed to enable private candidates to request for certificates online. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Olu Adenipekun, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos at a news conference to announce […]

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WAEC withdraws certificates of candidates from 1992 and 1993

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2019 0

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the list of withdrawn certificates of candidates, who were believed to have engaged in malpractices during its examinations held as far back as December 1992 and 1993. The list of affected WAEC candidates was published in the weekly bulletin of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, […]

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Teacher docked for allegedly aiding student write WAEC

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2019 0

 A 40- year-old teacher, Charles Adetunji, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly aiding a student to write her West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WAEC). Adetunji, who resides at No. 7, Oyewole St., Abule Egba, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and examination malpractice, to which he pleaded […]

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WAEC Disagrees With Presidency, Says Buhari Applied For Results

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2018 0

The Presidency and the West African Examinations Council, on Saturday, disagreed on the reason for the issuance of an Attestation of Results to President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. While the Presidency insisted that Buhari didn’t apply for the results of the West African School Certificate Examination, which he claimed to have sat for in 1961, […]

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WAEC: Atiku’s volunteers salute Buhari’s courage, integrity ahead of polls

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2018 0

The Atiku-Obi Volunteers Network, a group supporting the presidential ambition of the Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Pete Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the issuance of the certificate of attestation to President Muhammadu Buhari by WAEC. Recall that the exam body had on Friday presented the certificate to Presdient […]

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Buhari thanks WAEC for upholding integrity as he receives his result

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2018 0

…Says it’s impossible to attend US Army War College, DSSC India without WASC in 1961 …Buhari’s WAEC certificate, tragicomedy, ridiculous – PDP President Muhammadu Buhari has received the attestation and confirmation of his 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) Examination result from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The

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Osun guber poll: Court orders WAEC to produce Adeleke’s certificate

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2018 0

Justice O. A Musa of Abuja High Court in Bwari on Thursday issued a five-day ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to produce the results recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the May/June 1981 examinations conducted by the council. The […]

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WAEC to partner FCTA in exam process digitisation

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2018 0

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has solicited the support of the FCT Administration for a Zonal Centre for its electronic marking technology (e-marking) for some West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) papers. The Registrar of the Council, Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, made this appeal on Friday, when he paid a courtesy call on the […]

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Mass failure as 786,380 candidates fail 2018 WASSCE

Ihesiulo Grace 5 July 2018 0

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that out of 1,572,396 candidates that sat for the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination May/June (WASSCE) for school candidates, only 786,016 candidates, representing 49.98 percent, obtained credits and above in minimum of five subjects including English and Mathematics. The development is contrary

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17.13% candidates passed WASSCE 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2018 0

…As WAEC announces results Only 1,937 candidates representing 17.13% obtained minimum of Credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics in the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, first series. Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Mr Olu

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EXAM MALPRACTICE: An Albatross to Nigerian education system

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

Esther Taiwo In what could best be described as a major setback for Nigeria’s education system – examination malpractice, a source at the West African Examination Council (WAEC), laments that the nation’s examination body is still struggling to eradicate the trend. It would be recalled that the Council has always introduced measures to curb this […]

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EXAM MALPRACTICE: An Albatross to Nigerian education system

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

In what could best be described as a major setback for Nigeria’s education system – examination malpractice, a source at the West African Examination Council (WAEC), laments that the nation’s examination body is still struggling to eradicate the trend. It would be recalled that the Council has always introduced measures to curb this ugly incidence, […]

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Exam cheats are as bad as terrorists- WAEC

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2017 0

Esther Taiwo The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has urged the federal government that in order to win its fight against the scourge of examination malpractices across the country which is ravaging the education sector; the federal government should declare perpetrators as terrorists and treat them as such. Registrar to the Council, Dr Uyi Uwadiae […]

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WAEC to Adopt CBT Technology

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2015 0

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed readiness to toe the line of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) by adopting the Computer Based Tests (CBT) method. According to the WAEC’s Board Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadae, the board plans to introduce the technology into its examination across the West African sub region. Speaking […]