The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, and the Head of the National Office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr. Amos Dangut, to explain the controversial new guidelines introduced for candidates sitting for the 2025/2026 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The decision followed a motion by Senator Sunday…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has firmly denied issuing any directive limiting subject choices for Senior Secondary students preparing for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Responding to circulating reports, Mrs Moyosola Adeshina, Acting Head of the Council’s Public Affairs Department, said in a Tuesday statement from Lagos that the information…
Delta Government says it will investigate why Itomorka Secondary School, Illah has not been accredited as examination centre by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for 12 years. The State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated this while fielding questions at a press conference in Asaba on Tuesday. He…
Nigeria is preparing for a landmark change in student assessment as the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) confirmed that all candidates will take their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) via computer-based testing (CBT) by 2026. The announcement was made by Dr Amos Dangut, WAEC’s Head of National Office, during a sensitisation session with…
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has pledged collaboration with relevant agencies to improve the standard of education in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Oboku Oforji (PDP-Bayelsa), made the pledge in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oforji spoke the…
The Federal Government has debunked a false statement circulating online, which claimed that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by WAEC and the National Examinations Council (NECO) had been cancelled due to widespread examination malpractice. In a statement released by the Ministry on Sunday, signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press…
West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has debunked the rumour making the rounds that it has cancelled the English Language paper written on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in the ongoing WASSCE for School Candidates. The management of the exam body via a statement signed on Tuesday by Ag. Head, Public Affairs of WAEC, Moyosola Adesina…
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad says no student whether in the urban or rural communities will be left behind in the Computer-Based Test transition. Ahmad was speaking during the monitoring of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in some selected schools in Abuja on Tuesday. ”We will not roll…
The House of Representatives has asked the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to submit to the guidelines and a detailed report of the conduct of 2025 the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) to it within 24 hours. The House Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies made the request at the investigative hearing on the immediate…
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to fully transitioning to Computer-Based Test (CBT) examinations for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and other exam bodies by 2026. Dr Alausa made this known while monitoring the conduct of WAEC’s CBT examinations in Abuja on Wednesday. He expressed optimism about…
