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CBT WASSCE 2026: Why WAEC extended registration deadline
Candidates and schools are urged to complete their registration well before the March 13 deadline to avoid last-minute issues.
Mass failure as WAEC releases 2025 CB-WASSCE Second Series Results
More critically, 27,727 candidates (42.17 per cent) of those who sat for the examination, obtained five credits and above, including…
WAEC/NECO students beware: FG launches unique ID to track every candidate
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced plans to introduce a unique Examination Learners’ Identity Number for candidates of the…
Students Not Ready: National Assembly suspends WAEC’s 2026 CBT move
Additionally, the House instructed its committees on Education, ICT, Labour, and Examination Bodies to meet with key stakeholders and submit…
BREAKING: Mathematics no longer compulsory for Arts students seeking admission
The Federal Ministry of Education has announced a major policy change, stating that Nigerian senior secondary school students in the…
WAEC releases new subject combinations, bars Science, Art students from taking Economics
WAEC requires students to take at least seven and no more than nine subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
Delta to probe WAEC’s denial of accreditation to community school for 12 years
Global Peace Development (GPD), a Civil Society Organisation(CSO) has called on Delta Government to facilitate the process of ensuring accreditation…
2026 WAEC’s CBT move could backfire lawmakers warn
The National Assembly has told WAEC to slow down. Plans to roll out Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the 2026 WASSCE…
Stakeholders knock WAEC, demand investigations, sanctions
“You cannot make such a serious examination, a subject of trial and error. Today the pass rate is 38 per…
WAEC boosts 2025 WASSCE pass rate to 62.9% after marking error fix
Initially, WAEC reported that only 754,545 candidates, or 38.32%, secured credits in at least five subjects, including English Language and…
Breaking: WAEC withdraws 2025 results over mass failure
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withdrawn the 2025 WASSCE results for review after a wave of complaints over…
WAEC’s Result Checker Portal shutdown three days after WASSCE release
In its statement, WAEC assured the public that its technical team is working diligently to restore access to the portal…
WAEC Shock: 61.68% of students fail Maths, English in 2025 WASSCE
According to WAEC, 1,969,313 candidates from 23,554 schools across the country sat for the exam. Out of this figure, 754,545…
Just In: WAEC releases 2025 WASSCE results
The examination body made this known In a statement issued on Monday, August 4, 2025.
WAEC speaks on late night exams, apologizes
WAEC apologized for the delay which occured in multiple centres nationwide.
Outrage as students write WAEC exams by torchlight at night as Alausa blasts Delta
The Minister assured Nigerians that every necessary step would be taken to prevent such an “educational embarrassment” from happening again.
Uproar in Ibadan as trigger-happy police officer kills WAEC candidate
A tragic incident occurred in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Tuesday when a student on his way to…
31,596 students fail WASSCE in Lagos public schools
This failure rate comes despite the state government’s significant financial backing — a whopping ₦1.577 billion was paid on behalf…
Breaking: WAEC releases 2024 WASSCE results: 53.64% pass with English, Maths
WAEC, in a statement on Sunday said in terms of performance, 43,923 candidates (67.55%) obtained credit and above in a…
Lagos Gov’t launches Eko Learners’ for WAEC, NECO candidates
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun made this known at the unveiling of the programme at…
JUST IN: Computer-Based WASSCE for Private candidates begins Friday
In a statement on Tuesday, WAEC explained that objective or multiple-choice questions would be displayed on-screen, and candidates would submit…
How to check your 2024 WASSCE result
Additionally, if the result is not sent after trying the above, it is recommended that the candidate give it a…
WAEC records 7.6% drop in candidates’ performance
“This is a 7.6% decrease in examination performance compared to last year of 2023 WASSCE. Also 215, 267 results were…
WAEC announces date for release of 2024 WASCCE
He said: “This is true. A statement should be up on the website and social media handle any moment from…
Drama as Reps Committee orders detention of WAEC officials
The officials who were briefly detained were: Amos Josiah Dangut, Head of National Office, WAEC Nigeria, who represented the Registrar;…
WASSCE 2024 will go on despite NLC, TUC strike, WAEC says
In as much as we share concerns of the unions and generality of Nigerians, the WASSCE SC is going on…
‘Your strike will jeopardize ongoing WASSCE,’ WAEC tells NLC, TUC
WAEC’s employees in Nigeria are members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), both of…
WASSCE will continue despite planned labour strike – WAEC
Lawson said in as much as WAEC shared the concerns of the unions and the generality of Nigerians, the WASSCE…
Enugu Govt warns IPOB against disrupting WAEC exams
By Alex Enebeli The Enugu Government has candidates sitting for the ongoing West African Examination Council (WAEC) Exam in the…
2024 WASSCE begins Tuesday with 1,814,344 candidates
The WAEC boss noted that in line with the directive of the Federal Government, the National Identification Number (NIN) was…