2024 WASSCE commences April 30

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates will commence on April 30 and end on June 24, 2024.

The Head of WAEC Nigeria Office, Dr Amos Dangut, made this known in Lagos on Monday, April 29.

Dangut noted that the examination would run for seven weeks and six days.

He said: “I am delighted to inform you that 2024 WASSCE for school candidates 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 – Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

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“We want to intimate candidates of the council’s readiness to conduct WASSCE.”

Declaring the readiness of WAEC for the 2024 WASSCE, Dangut said: “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 Minister of Education, the Minister of State for Education, all the State Ministries of Education, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), and all our stakeholders for their usual support and cooperation, even as we count on them once again.”

The Star