Council Chairman pays WAEC fees for 1,794 students
The chairman of Enugu East Local Government Area, Pastor Beloved Dan-Anike, has paid the registration fees for 1,759 children enrolled in Enugu state public schools for the 2025 West African Examination Council (WAEC). Anike made the disclosure in a meeting with principals of the 13 public secondary schools in the council area on Friday at the council headquarters in Nkwo Nike. He said the gesture was part of the activities to mark his 100 days in office as well as to give back to the society that voted him into power. READ ALSO: ICJ orders Israel to ensure prevention of genocide in Gaza The council chairman said that the fees covered every eligible student resident and schooling in the government owned secondary schools in the LGA. He urged principals to refund those who had already paid for the WAEC fees and inform their parents and the various communities about the gesture for accountability and transparency. Anike also said that he would extend the same gesture to students in the Army Day Command Secondary School resident in the council area. According to him, I know that not all SS3 students in the Command School live in the local government area but I would like to have a list of the eligible students that reside in the area so that they can benefit from the gesture. READ ALSO: Mmesoma, JAMB and Nigerian sentiments The chairman commended the principals for providing quality education for the students and pledged to look into their challenges for possible solution. Anike however, presented a 25 kilogram bag of rice to each of the school principals in the local government area. In her remarks, the Principal of the Community High School, Emene, Ms Chioma Ebue, thanked the chairman for his magnanimity to the education sector in the state and pledged their unalloyed support to him. Ebue also thanked him for awarding scholarships to some indigent students in public schools in the area and prayed God to bless and sustain his efforts.
WAEC Introduces Resit Exams for WASSCE Candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially introduced a resit option for candidates wishing to retake their West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). This initiative provides students with the chance to resit their exams as early as January and February 2025. WAEC’s Head of Public Affairs, John Kapi, confirmed the development during an appearance on JoyNews’ AM Show in Ghana on Sunday. READ ALSO: No plan to Destroy Uncollected PVCs – INEC He explained that students who need to resit one or more subjects can register online through the WAEC website or at accredited internet cafes until January 8, 2025. The resit exams are scheduled to take place from January 24 to February 15, 2025. Kapi also noted that students whose results had been cancelled would be eligible to sit for the WASSCE PC1 exams, provided they have not been banned due to exam malpractice. This new resit option gives students a valuable opportunity to improve their grades and meet the necessary requirements for further academic or professional endeavors.
NECO releases results
Breaking: NECO releases result The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2024 SSCE internal results. This was disclosed on Thursday, September 19, by the NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi. He briefed journalists in Minna during the release of the 2024 SSCE internal results. Also, Wushishi said that NECO blacklisted 21 supervisors in 12 states. They also de-recognised one school in Ekiti state for mass cheating in three subjects. How to check NECO 2024 results Below are the easy steps to check your NECO 2024 results online: 1. Visit NECO portal at https://www.neco.gov.ng. This is the only official platform for accessing your results. 2. Select ‘NECO Results’: On the homepage, pick the ‘NECO Results’ option. Clicking this will take you to the result-checking section. Click “Check “Results”. Alternatively, just go straight to the result portal at https://results.neco.gov.ng/. 3. Enter your examination details: Provide your exam year (2024), exam type (June/July or Nov/Dec), and your unique examination number. 4. Input your token: You can buy it directly from the NECO website. Input the token in the appropriate field.
We may allow gifted students below 18 to sit for WAEC, NECO” – Minister
We may allow gifted students below 18 to sit for WAEC, NECO” – Minister
WAEC sets date to release 2024 WASSCE Results
The West African Examinations Council waecnigeria.org has officially announced that the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will be released on August 5, 2024.
Reps demand arrest of WAEC officials for lack of accountability
By Doris Isreal Ijeoma On Wednesday, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies demanded the detention of four West African Examination Council (WAEC) representatives over the lack of accountability. This followed a motion by a member of the committee, Uchenna Okonkwo, during an investigative hearing in Abuja. The committee was piqued that the officials failed to answer their questions to their satisfaction in Abuja. The officials are Amos Josiah Dangut, head of WAEC Nigeria, who represented the registrar; Angus Okeleze, senior deputy registrar; Victor Odu, acting director of finance; and Segun Jerumeh, deputy director of finance. During the hearing, the lawmakers argued with the WAEC officials about whether the examination body was accountable to parliament. Mr Dangut had earlier, in his presentation to the committee, posited that WAEC was not an agency of government and, therefore, not accountable to the parliament. However, the lawmakers insisted that WAEC Nigeria was a creation of an Act of the National Assembly and, hence, should account for all its activities to them. They pointed out that the National Assembly makes appropriation for WAEC. The lawmakers also pointed out that WAEC’s convention dictates that it must submit to the legislation of any of its member countries. Following the arguments, Mr Okonkwo said, “I will like to move a motion that while pending the investigation to look into the activities of WAEC Nigeria, the invited guest before us should be taken into custody. “They should be held at the police post while we seek for solutions for these issues they are bringing upon Nigerians.” Marie Ebikake seconded the motion. One of the WAEC officials kept shouting at the panel that it was being unfair to them. After that, officials were taken away by members of the sergeant at arms of the National Assembly, who detained them in one of the offices for about 15 minutes. However, after a brief closed-door session, the committee decided to allow them to return later with the relevant documents demanded from them. Oforji Oboku, the committee chairman, said they must bring the audited statement of accounts of the examinations body from 2018 to 2024. He also directed that they present relevant documents concerning a N5 billion loan that WAEC accessed in 2022 to buy a custom-made calculator among others. The chairman said WAEC could not operate outside the supervision of the National Assembly. “You are not different from any other agency by saying you are not an agency of government. We are not here to witch hunt you. WAEC is subject to Nigeria’s laws. We have reviewed the position and we have all the powers to oversight you. You cannot come here and say WAEC is not an agency of government,” he said. He said WAEC would be invited at a later date, insisting that failure to produce the required documents would attract sanctions.
WASSCE Announces Date To Commence Exams
The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, has announced the commencement date for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. The examination is scheduled to start on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and will conclude on June 24, 2024. Dr Amos Dangut, the Head of the Nigeria Office at WAEC, made this declaration on Monday at the WAEC Lagos Office, affirming the council’s preparedness to administer the examination. He further specified that the examination period would span seven weeks and six days. Dangut said, “I am delighted to inform you that WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 will take place between Tuesday, April 30 and Monday, June 24, 2024, in Nigeria, spanning seven weeks and six days. “The examination will be conducted in four WAEC member countries, namely: Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.” “We want to inform candidates of the council’s readiness to conduct WASSCE.” He added, “We are set for the conduct of WASSCE for School candidates in 2024 in Nigeria. The Council also, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, the State Ministries of Education, the Nigeria Police, other security agencies and other stakeholders, deliver, on its mandate to conduct credible examinations for the Nigerian Child and the general public. “We remain ever grateful to the Honourable Minister of Education, the Honourable Minister of State for Education, all the State Ministries of Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and indeed, all our stakeholders, for their usual support and cooperation, even as we count on them once again.
JUST IN: WAEC Adopts CBT for SSCE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially announced the transition from the traditional paper and pencil test to the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). This transformative move was disclosed in a statement released on Monday by Moyosola Adesina, the acting head of the Public Affairs Unit of WAEC. The transition to the CBT mode is a significant shift in the examination system, marking a departure from the conventional testing method. The statement emphasized that this innovative approach aligns with global best practices and aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the examination process. The commencement of this new examination format is set to take effect with the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates scheduled for February 2024. According to WAEC, it aims to leverage technology to provide a more secure, streamlined, and accessible examination experience for candidates. Candidates, educational institutions, and other stakeholders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the upcoming changes and prepare for a smoother transition to the Computer-Based Test mode. More details later…
WAEC Takes Action On Students With Seized, Withheld Results
The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has taken a decisive stance on candidates with seized or withheld results from the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates. These decisions were reached during the 76th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of WAEC, held from October 3rd to 4th, 2023. WAEC has announced that the entire results of candidates found to have engaged in examination malpractice, warranting the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER), will be nullified. Likewise, the subject results of candidates involved in examination malpractice, attracting the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), will also be cancelled. For candidates cleared of any wrongdoing by the Committee, their results will be promptly released. WAEC has assured that these directives will be put into effect as soon as possible, with notifications sent to affected candidates and schools. The official statement from WAEC, shared via their X platform (formerly known as Twitter), reads: “The Committee directed that the entire results of candidates proven to have been involved in examination malpractice, which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER), be cancelled. Similarly, subject results of candidates proven to have been involved in examination malpractice, which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), be cancelled.” In addition to these decisions, the Committee also urged State Ministries of Education and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) to strictly adhere to the registration deadline for WASSCE for School Candidates’ examination diets. The Committee, serving as the highest decision-making body for WAEC’s examination-related matters in Nigeria, convenes biannually to address issues related to the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for both School and Private Candidates.
WAEC to introduce CBT for WASSCE -Official
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has disclosed that plans to introduce the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode in the administration of its examinations are at advanced stage. The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview on Saturday in Lagos. Areghan was speaking against the backdrop of notable achievements and advancements of the council under his watch, as he prepared to bow out of office on October 1. He would be bowing out after completing his three-year tenure. Areghan said that introducing the CBT mode of administrating some of the council’s examination had been part of his vision for the body in the near future. “We have already started something in terms of CBT examination. We have gone far with our planning and all of that, even in the sub region, the registrar to council is also doing something. “But this is not as easy as some people will think. This is because we ask ourselves, how do we conduct CBT for practicals and essay papers? “We can only readily do that in the case of objective questions. But so many people will not see it from that angle. They argue that some others are doing it, why can’t WAEC do same. “Now, no one even talks about energy; how many schools are exposed to computer literacy? How many have computer facilities and how many have electricity to run these things? “Even where you have all these things on ground, how do you handle the issue of theory and practical papers? So, these are the issues, but that is what I want the council to do in the very near future. “We should be able to conduct CBT examinations, even if it means starting with the objective questions,” he said. The outgoing WAEC boss noted that already, the council had concluded on introducing the administration of its examination using the CBT platform under his watch, in no distant time, starting with the objective questions and later theory and practicals. “But you can still be sure that not all schools will be ready. Maybe we can have a segregated market. Those who cannot afford the CBT will go for the pencil and paper mode. “So, I will like to see WAEC in that light,” he said. Areghan said asides the introduction of the CBT, he would also like to see all the operations of the council fully digitalised in the near future. He noted that almost every section of the council had been digitalised under his watch. “I have almost digitalised everywhere now. Talk of certificate, checking of results and verification of results and more. “I will live to see more massive deployment of technology so that the vision of council can change from just being a world class examination body to a technology-driven examination body. “I also want WAEC to be more visible in the international stage. I want to see, through the cooperation of the sub region, how we can take WAEC overseas, that is, how Nigerian children in the diaspora can sit for WASSCE overseas. “That, again, is what I want WAEC to do in the very near future. That is one thing I wanted to do under my watch, but, again like I said, it needs the cooperation of the sub region, not just Nigeria, to take WASSCE overseas. “I also want to see its digital certificate that we have successfully launched in Nigeria replicated in the entire sub region, so that any candidate that has taken WASSCE, can be in any part of the world to access the digital certificate; that is a legacy. “For instance, if your certificate gets missing, soaked, destroyed by fire and so on, with one touch on the bottom, it appears. “For me, this is a great legacy,” the WAEC boss stated. He also stated that the council’s Digital Security Printing Press is another milestone achievement under his watch. According to him, after 71 years of council’s existence the introduction of the digital security printing press is a worthy legacy. This is alongside other internal ones, such as the Staff Bus scheme, meant to cushion the effect of high transportation fare, occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal, he said.