Tag: WAEC
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WAEC cancels Literature Paper for private candidates
The 2021 Literature-in-English paper of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by private candidates has been cancelled. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) via Twitter. No reason was given for the cancellation of the examination which was earlier taken on Friday, February 26. The…
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2020 WASCE: WAEC withholds 5,548 results over exam malpractices
Results of 5,548 candidates who participated at the 2020 Second Series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates have been withheld over various cases of malpractice. Mr Patrick Areghan, Head of National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), organisers of the examination, disclosed this while announcing the release of…
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JUST IN: WAEC releases 2020 WASSCE results for private candidates
The West African Examinations Council has released the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates (second series). Announcing the release of the results on Monday, the council said 39.82 per cent made credits in five subjects, including Mathematics and English. The Head of the National Office, Patrick Areghan, also announced the opening…
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JUST IN: WAEC postpones 2020 WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates in Nigeria. Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, who made this known in a statement, said the examination commences by Monday, November 30, 2020. The statement was titled: ‘West African Senior School…
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WAEC: Why Ekiti State results delay
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday wrote to the Ekiti State government to apologise for the delay in the release of the 2020 results of its candidates. In the letter, the Council also clarified that the two-day delay in the release of the results on Thursday was not because the state government was…
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WAEC withholds results of 215,149 candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday disclosed that it has withheld the results of 215, 149 candidates who wrote the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Nigeria. WAEC said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are being withheld in…
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BREAKING: WAEC releases 2020 SSCE results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE). WAEC had promised the results would be released on Monday, November 2, 2020. The release of the results was postponed due to the violence that trailed the #ENDSARS protests. The violence according to the examination body affected…
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WAEC to release 2020 WASSCE results next week
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has postponed the release of results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) till next week. WAEC made this announcement in a statement on its Twitter page on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2020, when it said the examination body had to move the release of the…
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WAEC: Student tests positive for COVID-19 in A’ Ibom
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom on Monday said that a student writing the ongoing West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination in the state had tested positive for COVID-19. Emmanuel who made the disclosure in a media chat in Uyo, did not mentioned the name of the student and the school involved. The governor said…
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WAEC clears air on alleged leaked WASSCE questions
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria has said none of its question papers for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates 2020 leaked ahead of time. Rather, supervisors and candidates take pictures of the questions during the live Examination and share with outsiders to perpetrate examination malpractice. A statement…