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WAEC Sets to Conduct SSCE with CBT
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Monday, announced that it had ditched the paper and pencil test model and has adopted the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode for the conduct of the Senior School Certificate Examination. This is contained in a statement signed by the acting head of the Public Affairs Unit of WAEC, Moyosola…
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WAEC Decides on Withheld Results Tuesday
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has initiated the 76th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee to deliberate on cases of malpractice and irregularities arising from the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. The body made this known on Tuesday via its official X handle. Earlier on Monday, WAEC appointed Dr.…
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Yusuf Condemns WAEC’s Delisting of Oyo Schools
Action Democratic Party Governorship Candidate for the 2023 election in Oyo State, Mr. Akim Yusuf says he will declare state of emergency on education sector, if elected as Governor. Mr. Yusuf stated this while reacting to the recent delist of 50 secondary schools in Oyo State by the West African Examination Council, WAEC over malpractices.…
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Exam Malpractice: Oyo Govt to Sanction Principals, Parents of Delisted Schools
Oyo State Government says it will sanction Principals and Parents of recently delisted schools by the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) for examination malpractices. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Abiodun Abdu-Raheem said this on Monday in Ibadan. Barr. Abdu-Raheem said the state government would sanction both the Principals and Parents found wanting because…
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WAEC Fire Update: Mgt Says Records Intact, No Life Lost
The Management of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has assured members of the public that all important documents and records are intact after an early morning fire gutted its National Office, Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday morning. It also confirmed that there was no life lost in the process. A statement by Head, Public Affairs…
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Fire Guts WAEC Office, Many Trapped
Pandemonium has broken out in the early hours of Wednesday, as fire gutted the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC building in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet…
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Ekiti government debunks rumour on delayed WAEC result
Ekiti State Government has described as untrue rumour trending on social media that the failure of the present administration to pay WAEC fee was responsible for the delay in accessing the results of the examination by students in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Mr Akin Omole made this clarification while addressing newsmen…
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2022 WASSCE Results Out
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for school and withheld the results of 365,564 candidates in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice. Speaking on Monday at the WAEC office, Yaba, Head of Nigeria National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, while announcing the release of…
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Govt. agencies must hold citizens in high esteem – Osinbajo
Beyond core regulatory roles, Government agencies must always show that they are responsible to the people that they serve and that they hold them in high esteem, according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday when he received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, a delegation of the West African Examinations…
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(Update) Schools Resume for Second Term In Oyo, Ogun States
As both Public and Private schools in Oyo State resumed for second term academic work today, all schools in Ibarapa also complied. Despite the heavy blowing of harmattan, students were seen as early as 6.00 am trekking or joining Commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada to their various schools. In Nawair Deen School 1, Ajegunle…
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FG Bans SS1&2 Unity School Students From Taking WAEC, NECO, NABTEB Exams
The Nigerian Government has stopped students in Senior Secondary School 1 and 2 from participating in external West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The students are also banned from taking the National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). The development was contained in a circular issued to principals of…
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WAEC Releases 2020 Results
The results of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Certificates have been released. The Head of National Office of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Mr. Patick Areghan announced the release of the result at a news briefing in Lagos. He said that out of the One Million, Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight…
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Police Arrest Private School Teacher for Allegedly Raping Student in Ogun
Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested a twenty-six year- old teacher of a private school, Mathew Adebayo for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a fifteen-year-old student of the school. The suspect was arrested following a report by the proprietress of the school at Sango Police Station that she was informed by…
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Ekiti Cautions Against Use of Unauthorized Electronic Devices During WAEC
Ekiti State Government has cautioned students writing the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE organised by WAEC against the use of unauthorized electronic devices apart from the ones provided by the examination body. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Foluso Daramola gave the warning while monitoring the ongoing WAEC examination in Oye, Ikole,…
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We will not tolerate any form of exam malpractice – Ekiti Commissioner
As the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSCE organised by WAEC which begins on Monday, 17th of August, the Ekiti state government say any school involved in the examination malpractices will face the wrath of the law. The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola gave the warning during an inspection of some schools in…
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Ekiti Governor Orders Random Testing of Teachers, Students, Ahead of Resumption
Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has directed random testing of teachers and students to asses COVID-19 risk level in the state. Already, teachers have resumed while SS3 students in Ekiti State will return to schools next Monday to enable them to prepare for the Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination organized by WAEC which begins…
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Resumption: We will close non-complying schools – Ondo Govt.
The Ondo State government has threatened to temporarily close down secondary schools that fail to adhere strictly to the protocols against COVID-19 as SS3 students resumed for the preparations of WAEC and NECO Examinations. Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored resumption of students in Akure the state capital reports that many secondary schools observed all preventive measures…
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Ensure all returning students present results of Covid-19 test – Ogun Government
Boarding facilities in public and private secondary schools across Ogun State have been mandated to enforce the presentation of the certificate of Negative COVID-19 test by students returning to boarding schools for the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Basic and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo who made…
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Secondary Schools to Resume August 4th for WAEC Exams
Secondary schools in the country are to reopen as from the 4th of August, 2020 for exit classes only. Students will have two weeks within which to prepare for the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, due to start on the 17th of August, 2020. These were the unanimous decisions reached today at a virtual consultative…
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Pensioners Urge FG to Allow Students Write WASCE
Retirees in the six Southwest states under the umbrella the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, (NUP), has advised the Federal Government to allow students to write this year’s WAEC exams despite the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. The Union, which made the plea this in Akure, during its Southwest Council meeting attended by zonal officers, State Chairmen and…
