The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, Daily Times learnt The Federal Government had announced that the examination would begin effective August 17, 2020 through September 12, 2020 WAEC Nigeria in a statement on Tuesday signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Demianus […]
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has said the timetable of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is anti-muslim. Daily Times gathered that the examination scheduled to commence on 17th August is said to be clashing with Muslims’ Friday prayers. MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement on Monday accused the examination body […]
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 August. READ ALSO: Covid-19: FG considers […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
…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 documents were presented to the President […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 to 2017 May/June […]
…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 Adenipekun stated this […]
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 […]
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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