The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is yet to release the results for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. A message from the council said it “would duly make an announcement when the results are released”. It, therefore, asked the public to ignore messages on social media platforms that […]
Tag: WAEC
2019 WASSCE results: Check out candidates who failed English Language
The West African Examinations Council has released the provisional results of candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in 2019. The highest number of students to pass a single core subject was recorded in the Social Studies exam with 257,828 (75.43%) candidates obtaining grades between A1-C6. The most failures were recorded […]
2019 WASSCE: WAEC withholds results of 48,000 candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of some 48,555 candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) pending investigations into various cases of examination malpractices. The 48,555 represents 14.12% of the entire 346,094 candidates entered for the examinations. This was disclosed in a press release […]
2019 BECE: 517,332 candidates from 16,871 schools write exams across country
A total of 517,332 candidates from 16,871 public and private basic schools nationwide will this morning begin the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Made up of 263, 616 males and 253,716 females, representing an increase of 7,508 over the 2018 figure of 509,824, they will converge at 1,880 examination centres. They will be supervised […]
Rogue WASSCE website operators busted
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), through intelligence, has caused the arrest of one of the operators of rogue websites identified as a major source of examination malpractice in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The culprit (name withheld) is currently assisting the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service in […]
WAEC initiates investigations into 2019 WASSCE leakage reports
Following reports of leakage of examination papers in the 2019 ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has explained that it has increased the inspection and monitoring of the examination at the various centres. In a statement signed and issued on Tuesday evening by Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, […]
2019 WASSCE begins today, candidates to be verified to curb impersonation
The 2019 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins today. Final year Senior High School (SHS) students are expected to take part in the exams in various centers across the country. The examination is commencing with Basketry 3 project work. Per the timetable, the first core paper which is the English […]
Nigeria: I have no certificate but I am your president – Buhari replies critics over WAEC certificate row
Over 70 presidential candidates out of 91 political parties that will participate in the 2019 Presidential elections have started presenting their credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission reports from Nigeria reveal. But key contender in the election and incumbent president Muhamadu Buhari is yet to comply with the requirement as he has been accused […]