Standup9ja: WAEC Approves New Examination For Private
Candidates As From 2018
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it had
approved the commencement of an additional diet in its examination for the
private candidates every year.
Announcing the approval at a news conference in Lagos on
Thursday, the council’s Registrar, Iyi Uwadiae, said the move was in connection
with the growing concerns among stakeholders over what they perceived as
discrimination or denial of equal opportunity to private candidates.
“WAEC conducts its
West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) twice every year,
in May/June for school candidates and in November/December for private
candidates.
“The council also
conducts various national examinations in the member countries except Nigeria.
“Now, the school
candidates who wish to retake the examination usually have the opportunity of
doing so with the private candidates’ examination.
“With this
development, there has been a wave of agitation, criticisms and appeal across
the sub-region for the council to ameliorate the agony of long waiting
experience by private candidates who desire another attempt at WASSCE,’’ he
said.
Mr. Uwadiae added that the situation was often cited as
being responsible for the level of desperation sometimes exhibited by the
perpetrators of malpractice at the private candidates’ examination centres.
“The council,
after painstakingly considering all ramifications of the matter, has finally
given approval for the national offices to begin the conduct of one additional
diet each year of WASSCE for private candidates.’’
NAN quoted him as saying that the modalities for the
take-off of the examination were already being worked out and the examination
could begin in February/March of 2018.
“I must be quick
to point out that though the council has given the nod, the conduct of the
additional diet may not take off in all the member countries immediately or at
the same time.
“But let me also
assure stakeholders in Nigeria that the Nigeria national office has indicated
its willingness and readiness to blaze the trail by making the examination
available to Nigerians in 2018.
“Details of the
scheduled dates, available subjects, location of centres and their information
would be provided by the Head of Nigeria national office at the appropriate
time,’’ Uwadiae said.
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