The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has revoked the licences of 574 faculties that had been discovered responsible of examination malpractices.
The examination physique said that the colleges won’t be allowed to conduct examinations even because the 2025 West African Senior School Certificates Examination (WASSCE) commences from Thursday, April 24, 2025.
The Head of WAEC’s Nationwide Workplace, Dr. Amos Dangut made this identified throughout a press briefing on Thursday on the headquarters of the examination physique in Lagos.
Dangut stated WAEC had forwarded the listing of the affected faculties to the federal authorities.
“This yr,
we’ve got shared with them a complete of 574 faculties which have their recognition withdrawn and that’s additionally going to be the identical for all analyzing our bodies.
“So, these are those who have gotten their license revoked so far as the examination centre is anxious. So we won’t conduct examinations there. We don’t know them so far as conducting examinations” Dangut stated.
The 2025 West African Senior School Certificates Examination (WASSCE) will maintain from Thursday, April 24 until Friday, June 20, 2025.
Dangut said that 1,973,253 candidates registered for the examination from 23,554 faculties.
Talking additional to interrupt down the statistics, he careworn that 979,228 had been male whereas 994,025 had been feminine candidates.
He added that the variety of candidates registration grew by 158,627 in comparison with what was obtainable final yr.
He emphasised that the physique was leveraging on expertise to enhance supply, noting the introduction of the maiden Pc-based West African Senior School Certificates Examination (CB-WASSCE) for the candidates.
“As an organisation that believes in the usage of trendy Info and Communications Expertise (ICT) to resolve myriads of issues in addition to enhance service supply to the Nigerian little one, the Council has launched its maiden Pc-based West African Senior School Certificates Examination (CB-WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2025.”
He added that as a part of the measures to uphold lecturers and ethical integrity, candidates sitting for the examination won’t have the identical questions in every quantity.
“It is going to curiosity you to know that from this yr, two candidates won’t have the identical questions on every quantity. We’ve got adopted this innovation for a few of the WASSCE codes.
“This initiative is a part of the paradigm shift within the schooling sector, significantly, the adoption of present check administration methods geared in the direction of upholding the educational and ethical integrity of the Nationwide Coverage on Training and consistent with the imaginative and prescient of the Federal Ministry of Training,” he stated.
Dangut raised considerations on insecurity, however assured of continued partnership with the police in numerous states to offer ample safety for clean and hitch-free conduct of the examination.
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