The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says late
registration of candidates by schools for its West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would no longer be allowed, beginning from
2022.
The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick
Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
on Friday in Lagos.
Areghan spoke against the backdrop of late registration of
candidates by some schools in an alleged bid to shop for external candidates.
The HNO warned that there would be no going back on
deadlines set by the council for registration of school candidates, henceforth.
According to him, there is a need for school owners to
respect deadlines for uploading their candidates’ details for the examination.
He said that late registration was a major challenge to the
council.
”Late registration makes preparations very cumbersome. On
the contrary, we do not experience the same during examinations for private
candidates.
”This year, we opened our portal for registration of
candidates on Feb. 5, to close on May 16; that is a three-month interval.
”We later extended it to May 31, but due to activities of
defaulters, we kept shifting the goalpost until the end of June. This is July
and as of the 15th, these stragglers were still calling for more extension.
”These are people who will not do the needful within the
given period; this will no longer be tolerated, no matter the explanation
advanced,” he warned.
The WAEC boss noted that there was a Federal Government
policy on education which stated that no school should enroll external
candidates for WASSCE for schools.
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