Tag: WAEC
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WAEC de-recognises 13 schools, warns 56 others
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has de-recognised 13 secondary schools and warns 56 others in Kogi for their involvement in examination malpractice during the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Mr Ademu Amos, WAEC Desk Officer, Kogi Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this at a meeting with the principals, vice…
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WAEC: 124 inmates of Enugu Maximum Prison had credit in English, mathematics
No fewer than 124 inmates of the Enugu Maximum Prison credited more than five subjects including English and Mathematics in the recently released 2018 November/December West African Examination Council (WAEC) results. Mr Monday Chukwuemeka, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Enugu State Command made the disclosure in a statement issued in Enugu…
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WAEC seizes results of 376 candidates over exam malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld results of 376 candidates for its January/February First Series WASSCE for private candidates, over examination malpractice. The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu Adenipekun, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. Adenipekun also disclosed that WAEC would soon start conducting its…
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Ayade donates free uniforms to public, private schools
Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has donated over 500,000 free uniforms to public schools across the state under the Ayade School Uniform Programme. The governor made the presentation shortly after declaring open the 56th Annual Meeting of the Nigeria National Committee of West Africa Examinations Council held at the Transcorp Hotel, Calabar. According…
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WAEC to issue certificates to candidates after 90 days
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is to issue certificates to candidates whose results have been fully processed and released after 90 days. This was announced in Calabar on Wednesday by the Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Mr Olu Adenipekun, while announcing the release of the results of the West African Senior…
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President Buhari and the hunting ghost of a certificate
By Godwin Etakibuebu The controversy surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate is gradually moving from “not-too-sweet-taste to extremely-bitter-taste”. That is just one aspect of the drama that can be accommodated. But there is this other side of the episode that is too crucial a pain to bear. And this “other side” is when opprobrium of an…
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Presidency, WAEC in battle of words over Buhari’s ‘attestation certificate’
The Presidency and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Saturday were engaged in exchange of words over who applied for the Attestation of Results issued 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…
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JUST IN: Buhari receives ‘attestation certificate’ from WAEC
The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has issued an “attestation certificate” to President Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential aide confirmed on Friday evening. Recall that the president has been criticised by opposition politicians and many other Nigerians after he told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his school certificate is still with military authorities. Buhari…
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Niger govt confirms owing WAEC, NECO N664m
Niger State government State said on Monday it is owning two major examination bodies in the country – the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) – N664 million. The state Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Fatima Magudu, said the debt was inherited by the government from previous administrations in the state.…
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Sales of answers online: WAEC in dire need of government’s intervention to battle exam malpractices
Issues of examination malpractices in Nigeria, especially those perpetrated via the internet have become a major concern that has troubled stakeholders and defied several correctional approaches put forward by different examination bodies. In the last concluded 2018 examination organised by the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, there were several reports that revealed how students in…