The 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates will take place between May 16 and June 23, 2022, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) said on Monday.
Head of WAEC’s Nigeria office Patrick Areghan said at a press briefing that the exam would take a period of six weeks, adding that the revert to May/June period for the conduct of the examination should be celebrated.
“The significance of this is that the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the various member States, save Ghana, have now again found a common ground in respect of their academic calendars,” Mr Areghan said.
“This shows a massive recovery from the devastating effects, disruptions, and confusion caused by the pandemic. We must give kudos to the Honourable Minister of Education and his Ministry for this wonderful feat.”
Areghan explained that the final international timetable for the conduct of the examination has been sent to all schools for their proper and necessary guidance.
Areghan also said a total of 1,607,975 candidates from 20,221 schools registered for the 2022 examination.
He added that “Even though NIN was made a component of the registration process, it was not a compulsory requirement in order not to disqualify many candidates. Even after the registration exercise, candidates were, and are still being, allowed to submit their NIN for upload. I, therefore, want to make it categorically clear that no candidate was denied registration as a result of non-submission of NIN.
Areghan also warned “operators of rouge-websites that WAEC will not condone their heinous acts during the conduct of this examination.”
