GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has dismissed claims that it has cancelled the English Language paper written on May 28. Recalls that there was widespread confusion across different examination centres as candidates sitting for the senior school certificate examination, SSCE, organised by WAEC faced hours-long delays before writing the English…
A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the Minister of Education before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, seeking redress for what he described as the gross violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerian students during the conduct of the 2025 West African…
A Vice Principal of Complete Child Development College Aule, Akure, Ondo state, identified as Mr. Rotifa, who stopped one of his students from cheating during the ongoing West Africa School Certificate Examination, has been brutally assaulted. Rotifa beating was allegedly orchestrated by the parent of the student, who hired suspected thugs to beat the teacher…
The Katsina State Government on Saturday called for the cancellation of the English language examination recently conducted by the West African Examination Council. The call followed an incident that led to the commencement of the examination several hours behind the scheduled time nationwide on Wednesday. The position of the state was announced in Katsina by…
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has explained the delay that led to sitting for one of the papers in its examinations on Wednesday. In a statement released on Thursday, WAEC stated that the delay occurred in an effort to avoid examination malpractice. While acknowledging the oversight, WAEC apologized for the delay which occured in…
The Concern Nigerian Youths for Good Governance (CNYGG) expresses deep outrage over the disgraceful and unacceptable delays experienced during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), where students were made to write exams as late as 9:00 PM in several centers. This level of administrative disorder is a clear violation of the rights…
Some pupils in Taraba State on Wednesday night took their West African Examination Council, WAEC, exam. At the time of filing this report, WAEC has not given any official reason as to why it delayed the examination which was scheduled to hold at 8 am. Parents who came in search of their wards only to…
The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council and the National Examinations Council to adopt full Computer-Based Testing for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…
Five hundred and seventy-four schools across Nigeria have had their licences revoked by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).Nigerian political art prints The schools’ licences were revoked after they were found guilty of various forms of examination malpractices According to WAEC, the schools would no longer be allowed to conduct examination starting from the 2025…
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2025 Computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates. In a post obtained from its X handle on Saturday, the examination body said, “The results of the Computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2025-First Series have been released.”…