Tag: WAEC
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WAEC Withdraws accreditation of 574 Schools over exam malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has withdrawn the accreditation of 574 schools due to their involvement in examination malpractice.
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WAEC releases 2025 CB-WASSCE results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Saturday officially announced the release of results for the 2025 First Series of the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates.
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WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE private candidates’ results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, second series. A total of 2,577 candidates had their results withheld due to allegations of examination malpractice
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GOOD NEWS! WAEC to now allow students resit failed subjects
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a new initiative, which will allow students to resit their WASSCE papers as early as January and February 2025. This marks a significant shift from the previous system, where candidates had to wait for the next private exam cycle. The Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John…
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WAEC bans 13 schools in Kogi
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has banned 13 schools in Kogi for various degrees of examination malpractices in the 2023/2024 examinations.
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WAEC adopts computer-based examination for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the schedule for the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024 – Second Series.
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BREAKING: FG makes u-turn on WAEC, NECO age limit
The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) exams.
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FG told to suspend age limit for WAEC, NECO
A group, Education Rights Campaign, has called on the Federal Government to suspend the 18 years age limit for taking the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO). Mr Hassan Soweto, National Coordinator of the group made the call in an interview on Thursday in Abuja.
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No admission for underage children from next year – FG
The federal government (FG) has instructed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) not to allow underage children to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to seek admission in any university in the country. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Sunday.
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Peter Obi reacts to poor WAEC results, says poor funding for education is causality
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has lamented the poor performance by Nigeria students in the recently released results by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).