BREAKING: WASSCE BEGINS APRIL 30
The commencement date for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates has been announced by the West African Examinations Council, Nigeria.
The examination is scheduled to start on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, and will conclude on June 24, 2024.
This was revealed at the WAEC office Lagos on Monday, by Dr. Amos Dangut, the Head of the Nigeria Office at WAEC, affirming the council’s preparedness to administer the examination.
He further specified that the examination period would span seven weeks and six days.
Dangut said, “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 inform candidates of the council’s readiness to conduct WASSCE.”
He added, “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.”
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