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WASSCE Resit Is Not for Nigerian Candidates, Says WAEC Nigeria

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2025

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has refuted claims made by certain Nigerian media outlets suggesting that the body has introduced a resit exam scheduled for January and February for candidates who need to retake subjects in their Senior School Certificate Examination

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WAEC Introduces Resit Exams for Candidates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 6, 2025

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has introduced a new initiative allowing students to retake their West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) papers as early as January and February 2025. Previously, millions of candidates had to wait for the next private examination session to resit their failed exams. The newly introduced programme, called

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Kwara Sets WAEC Fee for 2024/2025 at N30,250, Warns Against Extortion

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2024

The Kwara State Government has officially announced that the WAEC registration fee for public senior secondary students for the 2024/2025 academic session will be set at N30,250 per student. This amount covers N27,000 for WAEC registration itself, along with an additional N3,250 allocated for e-registration and administrative expenses. This fee breakdown was provided by

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WAEC releases 2024 GCE 2nd series CBT timetable

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 23, 2024

WAEC GCE 2nd series CBT timetable for 2024 is now available. The exams will commence on October 25th and ends December 13th, 2024. All candidates who have registered for the 2024 2nd series WAEC GCE can access the CBT timetable here.  The full timetable has been made available in PDF file below; FIND FILE ATTACHED BELOW:  DOWNLOAD

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Katsina spends N514 million on student examinations in 2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 25, 2024

Hajiya Zainab Musawa, Katsina State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, has revealed that the state government has allocated N514,105,250 to facilitate students’ participation in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and other external exams in 2024. She stated that N450,117,000 was paid for 11,671 students to register for the West African

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FG didn’t stop under-18s from writing WAEC, NECO – Education Minister

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 7, 2024

Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Education has stated that the government has not prohibited under-18 pupils from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination or the National Examinations Council examinations. Dr Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, clarified in Abuja on Friday while answering questions from journalists at an event

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Banning students under 18 from WAEC, NECO will limit the potential of Nigerian children – Olota

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 3, 2024

Oba Abdulkabir Obalanlege, Olota of Ota, Ogun State, believes that preventing under-18 students from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will limit Nigerian children’s potential. Obalanlege made the statement while delivering a goodwill message at Adedokun International Schools’ 15th anniversary on Monday at Iyana-Iyesi

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Private school proprietors voice concern over 18 year age limit for WAEC, NECO

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 28, 2024

Owners of private schools have raised worry about the federal government’s mandate to limit the age of West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) candidates. Alaka Lukman, head of the Lagos branch of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), highlighted his concern in an interview with journalists on

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Students under 18 barred from writing WAEC, NECO exams

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 27, 2024

The Federal Government announced yesterday that candidates under the age of eighteen will not be permitted to sit for exams conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) starting next year. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, stated on a television programme that the policy also applies to candidates taking

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WAEC launches portals for 2025 WASSCE school recognition

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 21, 2024

In order for schools to be recognised and submit Continuous Assessment Scores (CASS) for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the West African Examinations Council, or WAEC, has announced the activation of online platforms. Schools that plan to enrol students for the 2025 WASSCE must complete the recognition process and upload the […]

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Over 10,000 inmates took WASSCE in five years — NCoS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 20, 2024

In the last five years, the Nigerian Correctional Service has registered over 10,000 inmates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council examinations. Umar Abubakar, an NCoS spokesperson, said that more than 2,000 offenders are registered in these exams nationwide each year across correctional facilities. This,

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WAEC claims that Ogun students’ results were withheld over a technical error

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

Ayobami Suberu, the Branch Controller of the West Africa Examination Council in charge of Ogun State, has refuted an online media report stating that the results of some public school students in the state were withheld due to debt. Suberu, according to a statement from the Chief Press Secretary to Ogun State Governor, Lekan Adeniran, disclosed this […]

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WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE results, records 72% pass

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said that 72% of candidates who took this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) received credits in five disciplines, including English Language and Mathematics. Dr Josiah Dangut, WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO), spoke to reporters yesterday to announce the publication of the

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Gov. Idris donates N50m to Command Girls’ School, Goru

Angel Ojonugwa July 24, 2024

BIRNIN KEBBI (Sundiata Scholar) – Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi has donated 50 million to Command Girls’ Science Secondary School, Goru in Kebbi State, to bolster effective teaching and learning.Idris announced the donation at the graduation ceremony of the school in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He explained that the gesture was necessary to assist the […]

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WAEC: Borno pays N507m registration fees for 20,075 indigent students

Angel Ojonugwa July 4, 2024

MAIDUGURI ( Sundiata Scholar) – The Borno government has released N507 million to cover the cost of external examination registration fees for 25,075 indigent students in the state. Lawan Wakilbe, the Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, stated this during the disbursement exercise on Wednesday in Maiduguri.He said the fund would cover the

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WAEC urges NLC, TUC to consider candidates as it plans strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 3, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to organised labour to consider students taking the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination as it plans an indefinite strike. Amos Dangut, the head of WAEC’s National Office, made the request during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday. He stated that […]

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WAEC examination to continue despite nationwide NLC proposed strike

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 2, 2024

Despite the Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliated unions’ nationwide strike, the West African Examinations Council has announced that the exams will proceed as planned. The exam authority announced this in a memo to school principals dated May 31 and signed by A T.A.Y Lawson on behalf of WAEC’s Head of National Office. “Please be […]

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Foundation to register 1,000 indigent students in Edo for WASSCE/NECO

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 30, 2024

Martin Okoukoni, the founder of the Okoukoni Care Foundation, has offered to enrol 1,000 indigent students in the West Africa Examination Council/National Examination Council Examinations for the academic year 2024/2025. Okoukoni, a Labour Party governorship candidate for 2024, stated that the students required assistance to advance in their careers and assured that a

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Stakeholders express mixed feelings over 18 years university admission age

Angel Ojonugwa May 8, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Post) – The National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has described the Federal Government’s proposed review of minimum age for admission into universities as ‘ not education friendly’.Adeolu Ogunbanjo, Deputy National President of NAPTAN, said this in an interview on Sunday in Lagos. According to Ogunbanjo, students should be allowed

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WAEC: Over 1.8 million candidates expected as WASSCE begins today

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 30, 2024

A total of 1,814,344 applicants from 22,229 schools will sit for the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), which begins today, April 30, and runs until June 24, 2024. The almost eight-week examination will take place in four WAEC member countries: Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Dr. Amos Dangut, Head of Nigeria […]