WAEC Eliminates Registration Deadline for Nov/Dec Exam

Following several appeals by parents and other stakeholders, the Nigerian office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has eliminated registration deadline for its November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates across the country.

With this, the board has created an opportunity for candidates that were unable to register during the normal registration period to still register and sit for the examination as ‘walk-in-candidates’.
It said the registration of walk-in-candidates would commence August 26, and continue throughout the duration of the examination.

Briefing journalists in Lagos yesterday, the Head of National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, said with the innovation, candidates who for one reason or another were unable to register for the examination before the close of entry, would still have the opportunity to register even on the day of the examination.
He said it would also afford candidates the opportunity to regularise their result to qualify for admission into tertiary institutions of their choice instead of waiting for a whole year to sit for the examination.

Eguridu, who announced that the registration fee per walk-in-candidate is N25,000, maintained that such candidates would only be able to sit for the examination in cities and towns where the council’s offices are located.
On the guidelines for registration, he said, “Interested candidates are expected to walk into any of the council’s zonal or branch office with two passport photographs, in addition to the registration fee of N25,000 only, in bank draft drawn in favour of ‘The West African Examinations Council’ not later than the day of the paper they intend to sit.” He stressed that candidates must complete the registration formalities at any WAEC zonal or branch office, adding that candidates could register without prejudice to the minimum number of subjects.

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