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“Dear Candidates”: Young Nigerians Who Wrote WAEC’s WASSCE Given Fresh Directive, Details Emerge
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“Dear Candidates”: Young Nigerians Who Wrote WAEC’s WASSCE Given Fresh Directive, Details Emerge

by  Ridwan Adeola 2 min read
  • WAEC Nigeria released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates earlier in August
  • Legit.ng gathered creditably that certificates for the 2024 WASSCE school candidates are now available for access online
  • During each year's summer, thousands of secondary school students in the country sit WAEC's WASSCE

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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), through its verified X digital certificate page, has directed candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to follow some steps to generate their virtual National Identification Number (NIN).

Legit.ng understands that certificates for the 2024 WASSCE school candidates are currently available for access.

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WAEC: Details emerge as young Nigerians who wrote WASSCE given fresh directive by exam board
The digital certificate platform allows WAEC candidates to share original copies of the WASSCE certificates which can be instantly confirmed and verified. Photo credit: @waecdigitalcert
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WAEC digital certificate: Steps to follow

Sharing a piece of information on Tuesday, August 20, the council noted that WASSCE candidates generating their virtual NIN is needed for identity verification on the WAEC digital certificate platform.

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Is WAEC digital certificate valid?

Legit.ng reports that the WAEC digital certificate platform was launched in October 2022 by the former head of national office (HNO), Patrick Aregha, for candidates to generate certificates online and to recover burnt, lost, and damaged documents, including those produced from 1999.

In April 2024, Amos Dangut, the incumbent head of WAEC Nigeria office, lauded the initiative saying "it has also created ease of processing student’s admission into tertiary institutions anywhere in the world in record time."

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WAEC maintained that Nigeria did not develop it mainly to curb examination malpractices but for technological advancement and quality service delivery.

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WAEC makes announcement on WASSCE recognition

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that WAEC announced the opening of the online portal for school recognition for the upcoming 2025 WASSCE.

The portal for the upload of continuous assessment scores (CASS) was also opened. Schools that wish to present candidates for the 2025 WASSCE are encouraged to complete their recognition process and upload the necessary data within the stipulated deadlines.

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng and a certified journalist with over 9 years of experience. He edited Politics Nigeria's articles, was the Acting Editor of AllNews Nigeria and Fact-Checking Researcher (Africa Check). He received his HND in Mass Communication from The Polytechnic Ibadan. He received a Certificate of Achievement (Journalism Clinic’s Fix The Leak masterclass, 2021) and also completed Google News Initiative's Advance digital reporting curriculum. Contact him at ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

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