By Alice Etuka, Abuja
The West African Examinations Council has scheduled the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates to commence on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 and end June 24, 2024.
Head of WAEC Nigeria Office, Dr. Amos Dangut announced the development on Monday, April 29, 2024 in Lagos.
Dangut said the Council was ready to conduct the examination, adding that it would run for seven weeks and six days:
“I am delighted to inform you that WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 will take place between Tuesday, April 30 and Monday, June 24, 2024, in Nigeria, spanning seven weeks and six days.
“The examination will be conducted in four WAEC member countries, namely: Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra-Leone and Liberia.
“We want to intimate candidates of the council’s readiness to conduct WASSCE”, he said.
Speaking further, Dr. Dangut disclosed that the Council was in collaboration with the Federal and State Ministries of Education, security agencies and other stakeholders to ensure a credible and hitch free examination:
“We are set for the conduct of WASSCE for School Candidates, in 2024 in Nigeria. The Council also, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, the State Ministries of Education, the Nigeria Police, other security agencies and other stakeholders, deliver, on its mandate to conduct credible examinations for the Nigerian Child and the general public.
“We remain ever grateful to the Honourable Minister of Education, the Honourable Minister of State, for Education, all the State Ministries of Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and indeed, all our stakeholders, for their usual support and cooperation, even as we count on them once again”, he said.
