WAEC registers 1.5m candidates for 2018 WASSCE

by TheEaglesVoice on March 26, 2018 in Education

By Adoga Michael Oyi

The West African Examinations Council ( WAEC ) says it has registered 1 .5 million students to write its 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations ( WASSCE ) .
The Council ’ s Director of Public Affairs , Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) on Monday in Lagos .
He said the council had concluded arrangements for the conduct of the examination for school candidates , popularly refers to as May/ June WASSCE .
“ We have concluded all arrangements and deployed logistics in every part of the country for the conduct of a hitch - free examination .
“ We have also taken cognisance of the upsurge of insecurity in some parts of the country .
“ We are working in collaboration with the Federal Government and security agencies to ensure safe and conducive environments for the conduct of the examination .
“ On our part, we will deploy professional examiners and supervisors that will protect the integrity of the examination , ’’ he told NAN .
According to him , the examinations will begin with the regular subjects on March 28 .