WAEC Concludes Arrangements for 2021 WASSCE as 1.6m Candidates Register

At least 1.6 million candidates will participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on August 16.

The Head of National Office of West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr. Patrick Areghan, gave the figure yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Areghan said that the council was working to accommodate some schools still bothering it with late registration.

He said that the development was taking its toll on the council’s operations.

Areghan said ahead of the conduct of the 2021 WASSCE, the council was working with relevant stakeholders to ensure a hitch-free WASSCE for school candidates, in spite of some challenges.

”As I have always said, conducting examination is not a tea party. It is a huge task and requires collaboration of all critical stakeholders, including the media.

”It requires a lot of preparations and even more, especially in the face of the rising cases of insecurity and the resurgence of Coronavirus pandemic in the country

”In conducting this examination, we also want to ensure that the lives of all those involved, including council’s staff, and materials are properly secure.

”Our arrangement for the successful conduct of our upcoming examination, therefore, is in top gear as we are ensuring that we do not leave any stone unturned,” he said.