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  • Govt to WAEC, NECO: adopt full CBT mode by 2026

    Govt to WAEC, NECO: adopt full CBT mode by 2026

    The Federal Government has urged the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt full Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for all their examinations by 2026.

    Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known yesterday, during the monitoring of the on-going Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination, alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari, Abuja.

    More than two million candidates registered for the on-going examination in more than 800 centres across the country.

    Alausa revealed that both WAEC and NECO would start administering their objective papers via CBT, effective this November.

    According to him, the full adoption of CBT for the essay and objective components would commence by May or June 2026.

    “If JAMB can successfully conduct CBT exams for more than 2.2 million candidates, WAEC and NECO can do the same. We are going to get WAEC and NECO to also start their objective exam on CBT.

    “By 2026 exams, which will come up in May/June, both the objectives and the essay will be fully on CBT. That is how we can eliminate exam malpractices.”

    Alausa also disclosed that a committee is currently reviewing examination standards nationwide, with recommendations expected next month.

    Earlier, the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while speaking on the early schedule of the exams, clarified that the board’s UTME exams had always begun at 8:00 a.m.

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    Oloyede said candidates were only expected to be on the ground by 6:30 a.m. to enable them get accredited before the exams.

    He dismissed complaints about early arrival times, noting that it was necessary to screen candidates before exams began.

    “We have always started our exams at 8 o’clock. The first session is 8 o’clock, the second session is 10:30, the third session is 1 p.m., and the fourth session is 3:30 p.m.

    Oloyede also debunked claims of candidates being posted to centres they did not choose, stating that investigations showed no such cases had happened.

    He confirmed that more than 1.6 million out of 2.03 million registered candidates had completed their exams, with about 50,000 remaining.

    The Registrar further revealed that more than 40 candidates had been arrested for malpractice, including impersonation and attempting to smuggle out exam questions with hidden cameras.

    He added that of the registered candidates, more than 41,000 were underage.

  • Lagos pays N1.5b WAEC fees of 58,188 pupils

    Lagos pays N1.5b WAEC fees of 58,188 pupils

    Lagos State Government has paid N1.5 billion for West African Examinations Council (WAEC) fees for 58,188 bona fide students between 2024 and 2025.

    The Commissioner for Basic Primary and Secondary School Education, Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, who dropped the hint, also announced the establishment of 17 schools within a year.

     He spoke yesterday while presenting the scorecard of the ministry in the last one year at the 2025 ministerial briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.

    Of the new schools, the commissioner said two were primary, 10 junior secondary schools, while five were senior secondary schools.

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    The commissioner also said 17,575 students were successfully transferred from public and private schools into the state’s Junior Secondary School II (JSII) and Senior Secondary School I (SSI).

    He said the payment of WAEC fees was part of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to take off parents, the burden of payment of examination fees through the free education programme.

    “It is on this note that I urge and encourage students, more importantly, students in our boarding schools, to take full advantage of this initiative, as education is a lifelong journey,” he said.

    For 2025 payment, he said in order to prevent wastage and ensure accountability in sponsorship process, biometric capture and image registration exercise was conducted for  56, 134 Senior Secondary III students to accurately determine the number of students eligible for sponsorship by the Lagos State Government for the year 2025 WASSCE.

  • WAEC revokes licences of 574 schools

    WAEC revokes licences of 574 schools

    • 1.9m candidates for maiden CB-WASSCE

    The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has revoked the licences of 574 schools nationwide following cases of examination malpractice.

    Speaking at a pre-examination press briefing on Thursday, Head of Nigeria National Office, Dr. Josiah Dangut, noted that as a strict measure to combat malpractice, any examination centre culpable will be sanctioned by other examination bodies.

    “574 schools are those ones that have got their licences revoked as far as examination centre is concerned. So, we will not conduct examinations there. We don’t know them as far as conduct of examination is concerned.

    “All centres that have been found culpable in examination malpractice and have been sanctioned by a particular examining body, that sanction will be upheld by other examination bodies. So, if a school is reported for malpractice and is still recognized, the information will be shared with other examination bodies,” he said.

    Dangut noted that no fewer than 1.9 million candidates will sit for the maiden Computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for school candidates.

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    He said the examination will take place between April 24 and June 20 in the country, while candidates will be examined in 74 subjects.

    “A total of 1,973,253 candidates from 23,554 schools have presented candidates for the examination,” he said.

    The HNO disclosed that the candidacy for this year increased by  158,627, adding that the National Identification Number (NIN) was made a component of the registration process in compliance with the directive of the Federal Government.

    Dangut said the results of candidates will be released 45 days after the conduct of the last paper, while awarded certificates will be printed and issued to schools in less than 90 days after the release of results.

    The HNO added that from this year, two candidates will not have the same questions on each number, stressing that the variation is geared towards combating recurring examination malpractice.

  • Ex-WAEC Registrar Uwadiae urges Fed Govt on educational development

    Ex-WAEC Registrar Uwadiae urges Fed Govt on educational development

    Former Registrar of West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr. Iyi Uwadiae, has called on the Federal Government to prioritise the growth and further development of education, saying “it plays a pivotal role in a country’s advancement.”

    He said this during the 70th birthday dinner held in his honour by associates and friends at Yellow Chilli, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

    Uwadiae said education remained the foundation of a country’s development.

    He said: “I am calling on the Federal Government to prioritise educational growth and development by giving it further impetus, in order to arrest its dwindling fortune.

    “There is no alternative to education, it is a necessity, it is a foundation for development. It helps citizens to navigate.

    “But unfortunately, we are not doing enough, government is not doing enough to promote education.”

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    The former WAEC boss, who emphasised the need for proper planning and funding for education; implored the government to key into the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisations’ (UNESCO’s) recommendations on annual budgetary allocation for education development.

    “UNESCO has recommended that countries should allocate 15 to 20 per cent of their budgets to education, emphasising the importance of education globally,” he said.

    Nigeria’s N3.52trillion educational budget for 2025 represents only 7.3 per cent of the country’s total budget of N49.7trillion.

    Uwadiae, who recalled his argument with a former minister of education when he was splitting education into many things, said :”I told him it would not work. But he was telling WAEC to go and organise examination along that line.

    “I told him the years it requires for curriculum planning and implementation in a nation’s education,”

    He cited the example of how the 6-3-3-4 system of education, which failed in Nigeria, worked for the betterment of countries like Ghana, Sierra Leone and Gambia.

    Uwadiae, who served WAEC in different high ranking capacities, lamented the current situation in Nigeria where politics had impacted badly on educational fortune.

    He said: “It is sad that a councillor is now better than a professor, with a ‘Yahoo’ boy boasting of being capable of paying the salary of a lecturer.”

    Uwadiae says a more worrisome development in Nigeria now is the increasing rate of out-of school-child syndrome, which is mostly caused by lack of funds by parents to train their children and the unwillingness of some children to get educated.

  • JUST IN: NASU issues seven-day strike ultimatum to WAEC

    JUST IN: NASU issues seven-day strike ultimatum to WAEC

    The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has given the management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) a seven-day ultimatum to address its four-point demand regarding workers’ welfare and the alleged victimisation of labour leaders.

    Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, NASU general secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, warned that failure to meet their demands would result in a nationwide shutdown of all WAEC offices starting Monday, March 24.

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    “If the management does not take immediate action, all WAEC offices across the country will be shut down indefinitely,” Adeyemi declared.

    The union insisted that its grievances must be urgently addressed to protect the rights and well-being of its members.

  • Ebonyi commissioner pays WAEC fees for 109 indigent students

    Ebonyi commissioner pays WAEC fees for 109 indigent students

    Ebonyi State Commissioner for Works, Stanley Lebechi Mbam, has covered the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees for 109 indigent students across Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone to improve literacy and ease financial burdens on their families.

    Among the beneficiaries were blind students and other disadvantaged learners. 

    The Commissioner presented cash for the fees at his Abakaliki residence, with the students’ parents in attendance.

    Mbam emphasized that the initiative aims to ensure the students sit for their WAEC exams without financial hindrance. 

    He described education as a powerful tool for breaking the cycle of poverty and unlocking potential, noting that Ebonyi North remains the most educationally disadvantaged zone in the state—a challenge he is committed to addressing.

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    He also promised university scholarships to students who achieve outstanding results in the examination and urged parents to avoid pressuring their children into shortcuts for success.

    Expressing gratitude to school principals, teachers, and other education stakeholders, Mbam reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that the people of his senatorial zone are not left behind educationally.

    Mbam commended Governor Francis Nwifuru for appointing him Commissioner and assured that he will touch lives through the position.

    Chairman of the committee that selected the beneficiaries, Oliver Nwachukwu described the gesture as  a rare opportunity and urged the students to utilize the opportunity.

    He implored them to make the Commissioner proud by studying hard for the examination to get good results.

    Nwachukwu urged parents to watch over their children in this era of social media where children learn lots of evil instead of reading their books to be useful to themselves and the society.

    One of the committee members, Godfrey Chikwere said the beneficiaries  were selected based on merit.

    He noted that the committee gave about 25% to people with disabilities to ensure equal opportunities and transparency in the selection.

    One of the beneficiaries, a blind student, Williams  Enyi appreciated the Commissioner for his gesture  towards humanity and assured that they will make him, their families and the society proud.

  • 500 indigent pupils’ WAEC fees paid

    500 indigent pupils’ WAEC fees paid

    The 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) registration fees of over 500 indigent pupils have been paid by a member of House of Representatives for Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency, Oyo State, Aderemi Oseni.

     Speaking in Eruwa during an interdenominational prayer session and stakeholders’ interactive forum organised by the Board of Trustees of the Ibarapa East/Ido Community Development Association, the lawmaker reaffirmed his commitment to quality representation.

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    The event had in attendance stakeholders, including leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) such as Chief Timothy Jolaoso, Alhaji Kamorudeen Ajisafe, represented by Mr. Busari Dauda, and Samson Aderonmu, party executives, special assistants and coordinators of the Remi Oseni Committee of Friends (ROCOF), among others.

    Oseni, represented at the event by his Senior Legislative Aide (SLA), Alhaji Hakeem Okedina, said his passion for educational support stems from his personal experience as a beneficiary of the late Governor Bola Ige’s free education programme.

  • 500 Oyo students get Oseni’s free WAEC forms

    500 Oyo students get Oseni’s free WAEC forms

    Over 500 indigent students have benefitted from payment of their 2025 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) registration fees by Ibarapa East/Ido Federal Constituency, Oyo member Engr. Aderemi Oseni.

    Speaking in Eruwa during an interdenominational prayer session and stakeholders’ interactive forum organised by the Board of Trustees of the Ibarapa East/Ido Community Development Association, the lawmaker reaffirmed commitment to quality representation

    The event attracted stakeholders, including leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC), party executives, special assistants, and coordinators of the Remi Oseni Committee of Friends (ROCOF) among others.

    Oseni, represented by his Senior Legislative Aide (SLA), Alhaji Hakeem Okedina, said his passion for educational support stems from his personal experience as a beneficiary of the late Governor Bola Ige’s free education programme.

    According to him: “Education remains a key priority for me, and I have designed several support schemes, including free WAEC and JAMB registration for underprivileged students, to ensure that no child in my constituency is left behind.”

    The Chairman, House Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) recalled that in 2024, he sponsored WAEC registration for over 300 indigent students as well as covering Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination costs for no fewer than 754 students.

    Beyond his contributions to education, the APC chieftain outlined various development initiatives in his constituency, including scholarships, bursaries, and infrastructure projects.

    He disclosed that his administration has provided and installed transformers, improved water supply, and embarked on several community empowerment Programme, adding that construction of more new schools, with contractors already mobilising to project sites.

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    Oseni assured his constituents that more developmental projects were in the pipeline, promising that his 2025 achievements would surpass his previous records.

    Stakeholders at the event commended Oseni’s outstanding performance and quality representation, offering prayers for his continued success.

    Elder statesman, Pa Jolaoso lauded the lawmaker’s achievements, emphasising his unwavering support for the APC and his harmonious relationship with party leadership.

    He said: “Oseni has not only excelled in his duties but has also maintained a cordial relationship with the party leadership. We appreciate his dedication and commitment.”

    Secretary, Board of Trustees of the Ibarapa East/Ido Community Development Association, Dr. Ibrahim Okunlola, urged constituents to continue supporting the lawmaker, adding that his performance has earned him recognition beyond Oyo State.

  • WAEC releases 2024 Nov/Dec results as 34,878 obtain five credit-passes in English, Maths

    WAEC releases 2024 Nov/Dec results as 34,878 obtain five credit-passes in English, Maths

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates (Second Series).

    The Head of the National Office, WAEC Nigeria, Dr. Dangut Amos made this announcement on Sunday night, according to a statement by the council’s Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina.

    He explained that a total of 65,023 candidates sat for the examination, with 34,878 candidates, representing 53.64%, achieving credits and above in at least five mandatory subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.

    According to him, this marks an improvement compared to the 44.29% pass rate in 2023 and 42.16% in 2022, reflecting a 9.35% increase in overall performance.

    “16,886 male candidates (48.41%) and 17,992 female candidates (51.58%) attained the required credits, indicating that female candidates outperformed their male counterparts,” he said.

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    He stressed that 62,364 candidates (95.90%) had their results fully processed and released, while 2,669 candidates (4.1%) are awaiting the completion of result processing due to errors attributed to them.

    He, however, added that the examination body withheld the results of 2,577 candidates (3.98%) due to suspected cases of examination malpractice.

    “Investigations will be conducted to determine if these results will be released or canceled,” he said.

    He said that 157 candidates with special needs, including 25 visually impaired, 13 hearing impaired, and 15 albinos, have had their results fully processed and released.

  • JUST IN: Computer-based WASSCE starts Friday – WAEC

    JUST IN: Computer-based WASSCE starts Friday – WAEC

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said it will commence its Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CBWASSCE) for private candidates from October 25, 2024. 

    The exercise is expected to last till December 20, 2024, the examination body said in a statement on Tuesday.

    A statement by WAEC on Tuesday said the examination would adopt the hybrid mode of delivering the examination, adding that the registration period had been extended to Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

    “The examination will adopt the hybrid mode of delivering the examination, which implies that the objective or multiple-choice questions would be rendered onscreen and candidates would be required to give their responses on the screen, while the essay and practical questions will be rendered on-screen, likewise, but candidates would have to give their responses using the answer booklets provided,” said a WAEC spokesperson, Adesina Fadekemi.

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    The examination diet has provided an option for candidates who wish to use Paper and Pen mode, for the whole examination papers.

    It further stated: “Similarly, the “Walk-in-Candidate” opportunity (for candidates who register 24 hours before the particular paper of their choice is due to be taken) will be open at the end of the registration. The final timetable for the examination is available for download on the WAEC Nigeria website.”

    Details shortly…