Tag: WAEC

“NECO, WAEC exams ban for under-18s absurd” – Atiku blasts FG

Aminu Imam
Atiku blasts FG

Former-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Ministry of Education over its policy that pegged age limits for entry to tertiary institutions, describing it as absurd. Recall that Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, during a television programme at the weekend, had said that individuals under 18 years would no longer be allowed to take part in National Examinations Council (NECO) and West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams. According to Mamman, the Federal Government has directed WAEC and NECO to enforce the 18-year age requirements for candidates seeking to…

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Arewa youths reject proposed CBT for WAEC exam

Aminu Imam

Northern youths, under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), have called for the cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) format in the forthcoming West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination in the country. The AYCF said that if such a mode of examination is introduced will ultimately result in massive failure for students, particularly in rural States where computer skills are scarce or completely absent. In a statement issued yesterday by the Forum’s President-General, Yerima Shettima, the group pointed out that the CBT exams should have been optional,…

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“You can’t intimidate us over sanctions on schools cheating in exams” – WAEC to State Govts.

Aminu Imam

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cautioned the state governments and other stakeholders in the country to stop questioning its authority over sanction on schools, candidates and officials that are involved in or aided examination malpractice. The organisation said sanction of schools and individuals found culpable of cheating in both its school-based examination and the ones for the private candidates is within its mandates and in order. The Nigeria Examination Committee (NEC) of WAEC, which is the highest decision-making organ on the conduct of the West African Senior School…

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Breaking: WAEC announces date for 2021 WASSCE

Aminu Imam

The West Africa Examination Council has announced August 16, 2021, for the commencement of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, (WASSCE). The Head of the Nigeria office, Patrick Areghan, made the announcement in Lagos on Tuesday. “In accordance with the Final International Timetable, the WASCCE 2021 will take place throughout the sub-region from Monday, 16h August to Friday, 8th October 2021. “However, the examination will end in Nigeria on 30 September 2021- spanning a period of seven – weeks,” he said. Details to follow…

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JAMB shifts registration for 2021 UTME, DE

Aminu Imam

…As WAEC Debunks May/June 2021 WASSCE postponement, announces reschedule The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the commencement of registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry to a later date. A statement issued by the Boards Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja, said the delay follows the exam body’s effort to ensure that candidates have access to its registration app for the 2021 UTME/DE and also finalise work on its pin vending process before the take-off of the exercise. The…

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‘WASSCE will not hold in May/June’ – WAEC

Aminu Imam

…Gives reason The West African Examinations Council, (WAEC), yesterday said its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, (WASSCE), for school candidates, earlier scheduled for May/June, may not hold. The Council’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, gave the hint while announcing the release of results of the 2021 first series of the WASSCE for private candidates yesterday in Lagos. Areghan said the effect of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is still much felt in the education sector. He noted that the entire education calendar has been distorted, therefore, it may…

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WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE

Aminu Imam

…Withholds over 5,000 results The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, announced the release of the results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates 2020 (second series). Picture caption: WAEC office in Lagos According to the head of the Council in Nigeria, Patrick Areghan, only 39.82 percent made credits in five subjects (including Mathematics and English). “Out of this number, twelve thousand and forty (12,040) i. e. 49.16% were male candidates, while twelve thousand, four hundred and fifty-one (12,451) i.e. 50.84% were female candidates.…

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WAEC’s relocation to Uyo painful reminder of effect of chaos – Arc Ndem

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The relocation of the sub-office of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) from Calabar to Uyo in Akwa Ibom has been described as a painful effect of chaos. A former Commissioner for Lands in Cross River, Architect Bassey Ndem said this in a press statement in Calabar today. Ndem was reacting to the relocation of WAEC to Uyo following the vandalisation and burning down of its office in Calabar by suspected hoodlums who paraded as the #EndSARS protesters. The architect who was presently one of the king makers in the…

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WAEC conducts exams in Chibok six years after abduction of schoolgirls

Ishaku Yohanna

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has successfully conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in senior secondary schools in Chibok in Borno six years after closure due to insurgency. Brig.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifa Ibrahim, Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, disclosed this while playing host to members of Education in Emergency Working Group Nigeria (EiEWGN), on Thursday in Maiduguri. The Chibok schools were closed after over 200 students were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls Secondary School in 2014. While the Federal Government…

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