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WASSCE 2024: Registration for Private Candidates Starts as WAEC Shares Portal’s Link, How to Apply
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WASSCE 2024: Registration for Private Candidates Starts as WAEC Shares Portal’s Link, How to Apply

by  Ridwan Adeola 2 min read
  • The popular examination body, WAEC, has opened registration for the 2024 WASSCE for private candidates
  • In a statement released on Monday, July 8, WAEC urged interested candidates to visit its website
  • Legit.ng understands that applicants will need to make registration fee payments using the various options provided on the website

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Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering education in Nigeria and worldwide.

Yaba, Lagos state - The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday, July 8, announced that the registration for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates (second series), has commenced.

In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, WAEC disclosed that registration started on Monday, July 8, and would end on Friday, August 9, 2024.

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Registration for 2024 WASSCE for private candidates begins
WAEC is one of Africa's foremost exam bodies. Photo credit: DME Photography
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Legit.ng understands that candidates can choose either CB-WASSCE or Pen and Paper Test, and the registration fee is N27,000.

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To register, log on to www.waeconline.org.ng.

WAEC tweeted:

"As registration for WASSCE for private candidates, 2024 - second series starts today, candidates can purchase the registration pins at any WAEC office, banks, registration centres or accredited agents."

What to know about WASSCE

Legit.ng reports that WASSCE is a type of standardised test in West Africa.

Students who pass the exam receive a certificate confirming their graduation from secondary education.

It is administered by WAEC and is only offered to candidates residing in Anglophone West African countries.

The WASSCE tests four core subjects—English, mathematics, social studies, integrated science, and three or four elective subjects.

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Ogungbayi said he would be interested to see how the initiative works.

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

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