The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has announced to
candidates, stakeholders, and the general public that it is set to conduct the
novel Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB
WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024–Second Series from Friday, October 25
to Friday, December 20,2024.
In a statement signed by Adesina Moyosola Fadekemi, Ag. Head, Public Affairs Department, For Head of National Office, the examination will adopt the hybrid mode of delivering the examination, which
implies that, the objective or multiple choice questions would be rendered on
screen and candidates would be required to give their responses on the screen,
while the essay and practical questions will be rendered on-screen, likewise, but
candidates would have to give their responses using the answer booklets
provided. Meanwhile, according to Moyo, the examination diet has provided an option for candidates
who may wish to use Paper and Pen mode, for the whole examination papers.
The statement further states that the Council informs all intending candidates that the
registration period has been extended to Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Similarly,
the “Walk-in-Candidate” opportunity (for candidates who register 24 hours
before the particular paper of their choice is due to be taken) will be open at the
end of the registration. Final timetable for the examination is available for
download on the WAEC Nigeria website(https://www.waecnigeria.org) .
All intending, as well as registered, candidates are advised to take advantage of
the numerous learning resources provided by the Council. These include signing
up on the WAEC e-Study platform (via https://estudy.ng), purchasing the WAEC
Past Questions and Answers’ books, and joining other candidates (onhttps://
www.waeckonnect.com) to interact, on the WAECKonnect platform.
WAEC also wishes all candidates for the examination success. The Council also stated that it will
always seek ways of delivering on its mandate by deploying technological
innovations to make its services easily accessible to all stakeholders.
