The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the Nigeria Examinations Committee meeting over the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has commenced. According to WAEC, the 78th meeting is set to tackle the pressing issue of malpractice and irregularities reported during the 2024 WASSCE for school candidates. In a statement shared on X on Monday, WAEC …

On the raging controversy of 18 years or nothing less before admission into the country’s institutions of higher learning, the authorities have a mountain to climb if the groundswell of public opinion is anything to go by. The policy is not new; it has been in our statute books for God-knows-when. Just like I have said in previous interventions on …

The federal government has said  exceptionally intelligent children below 18 years may be allowed to write the West African School Certificate Examinations, WASCE and the National Examinations Council, NECO examinations. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this, Thursday during a tour of the Federal Government Academy, Suleja. “It may not and we are going to develop criteria to guide …

Let me waste no time in saying that if care is not taken, the new policy on education as enunciated by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, will translate into another “subsidy is gone” fiasco! Good policy but hastily pronounced before thinking it through and without adequate preparations made for its seamless implementation cannot but end up a malady! …

Following unsatisfactory responses from the WAEC representatives, the committee resolved that WAEC must submit all its bank statements from 2018 to the present within a week. A committee member, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, described WAEC as uncooperative, emphasising the need for accountability. “WAEC Nigeria was an uncooperative witness in this process, shielding and denying Nigerians the value of the country’s investment in …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said 72 per cent of the candidates who sat this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) got credits in five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. Addressing reporters yesterday while announcing the release of the results, WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Josiah Dangut, gave a comparison of the percentage …

A 14-year-old boy, identified as Malik Kareem, was reportedly beheaded for ritual in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday. The incident, which reportedly occurred at the Olorisaoko community in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state on Saturday evening, has thrown the whole area into confusion. According to The PUNCH, the victim recently wrote his final subject for …

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Basic Education to investigate the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the West African Examination Council from 2018 to 2023. The House arrived at the resolution after considering a motion brought on the floor of the House during Tuesday’s plenary by the member representing Isiuakwato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, Mr …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Nigeria says it will gradually eliminate the use of papers in conducting its examinations. Head of the national office, Amos Dangut disclosed this on Thursday after monitoring the conduct of the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Abeokuta. Mr Dangut, who was in the company of the permanent secretary, …

Ahead of its “Biafra’s Heroes Day” slated for 30 May across the South-East, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the authorities of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to shift its scheduled examination for the day. Similarly, the body asked the authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, to postpone its convocation ceremony scheduled for the day. In …