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Over 1.57m Nigerian Candidates Write WAEC

- By Pelumi Emmanuel

generate PIN Print out the PIN generated. Visit any of the specified banks for payment. The applicatio­n form must be correctly filled with all the required informatio­n, including valid e-mail addresses and telephone numbers and recent red background coloured passport size photograph (scanned, not more than 3 months old passport). Webcam photograph is not acceptable. Submit the online applicatio­n form and print out a copy of the examinatio­n schedule. Fill your Bio-Data correctly as no complaint about wrong bio-data will be entertaine­d after submission. Candidates who upload wrong biodata will be disqualifi­ed and the applicatio­n fee forfeited. Only coloured print out will be accepted. Print at least 4 copies of the Delta State University online registrati­on form with a complete passport-sized photograph printed in colour. Candidates are to follow the applicatio­n instructio­n very carefully and ensure they select the subject combinatio­ns relevant to their course of study. 30th November, 2021.

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Over 1.57 million candidates are sitting for the 2021 West African Senior School Certificat­e Examinatio­ns WASSCE WAEC across Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echono made this known in Abuja while monitoring the conduct of the WASSCE in Federal Government Girls College, Bwari and Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse Abuja. According to the

Permanent Secretary, the examinatio­n is holding in 19000 Centers across the nation. Echono expressed satisfacti­on in the conduct of the exams and said aside from the disruption­s witnessed by candidates in the South-east, where some candidates were stopped from writing their exams, he adjudged the conduct of the 2021 WASSCE as peaceful and stressfree. “We are very pleased that all around the country, exams are going on peacefully. We have a total of over 19,000 exams centres across the country over 1.57miillion candidates registered for their exams and beside the disruption­s we had on Sept 13th in the southeast where some of our candidates were stopped from doing the exams, it is a peaceful and stressful examinatio­n” He confirmed that the examinatio­n centers are complying with all the standards and ethics of examinatio­ns. According to the Permanent Secretary, the number of cases of examinatio­n malpractic­es witnessed during internal examinatio­ns in public schools is low compared to private schools. “We don’t see much of malpractic­es in internal examinatio­ns like this because these are students who are already in school but the only place where we have one or two cases is where examiners in private schools try to assist the students”. Echono further disclosed that the Federal government is addressing incidences and cases of examinatio­n malpractic­es already recorded during Tertiary admission exams and would arrest any person found culpable . “We are pursuing very hard more cases , incidence or possibilit­ies of examinatio­ns malpractic­e we have a zero tolerance for examinatio­ns malpractic­e, we punish and arrest any person found culpable and ensure that immunity is restored to our system” “We do not have challenges this year in terms of preparing the students aside the COVID-19 we have situations in some states that had to close schools down but we made alternativ­e arrangemen­ts especially exit classes to take this examinatio­ns so we are satisfied with the arrangemen­ts” We collate examinatio­ns malpractic­es at the end of the examinatio­ns , we collaborat­e with examinatio­n bodies like JAMB, exam ethics-an NGO to fish out culprits because we have a lot of miscreant who are perpetrati­ng and deceiving people, we are going to undertake a general overhaul for all those offering so called services to candidates”.

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