The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the 2023 start date for the school-based West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
WAEC announced this at a pre-exam press conference on Thursday in Lagos State.
The exam is expected to start from Monday, May 8th to Friday, June 23rd.
National Office Director Patrick Areghan said a total of 1,621,853 candidates from 20,851 public and private schools registered for the exam.
Still in education, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said yesterday that candidates who were unable to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) within the allotted time and date due to no error on their part have another chance to do so on May 6th.
Candidates in these categories are predominantly those who were verified at their centers but were unable to sit for the exam, those who could not be biometrically verified, and those with data mismatches.
JAMB started the 2023 UTME on April 25 and was expected to have finished the examination by May 3.
The board said it would reschedule the exam for more than 60,000 candidates who were affected by various glitches on the first day.
But yesterday, the council’s chief of public affairs, Fabian Benjamin, said the number of front-runners had now risen to 80,166.
“Of the 1,586,765 candidates who have expressed an interest in taking the exam, only 80,166 have not passed the exams at this time,” he said.
“On the first day of the 2023 UTME, a number of candidates in some centers could not sit for the examination in subsequent days and in some centers for various reasons.
“Although a reasonable number of them have been rescheduled and have taken the exam, some are yet to take the exam.
“As part of the decisions reached at the end of an emergency management meeting held on 31st April 2023, the board has fixed Saturday, 6th May 2023, for all categories of candidates who have not sat their examination.”
Also listed for the postponed exam date are all candidates who were due to take the UTME 2023 at the Beautiful Beginning CBT Centre, Apo in Abuja but missed their exam due to an error by JAMB in listing the address of the location.
In addition, it includes those who were rescheduled for April 27 but received their notification in the evening of the same day or did not receive it at all and candidates who were posted to test centers with reduced admission capacity.
Those in these categories, the JAMB spokesman said, should print their slips on or before May 5 to know the time and venue of the examination.
JAMB said it will release the results of the candidates who sat for the examination so far on May 2, 2023.
He said he delayed the release to ensure all necessary checks were completed.
“All candidates who have taken the exam are urged to verify their results on or before May 8, 2023,” the board added.
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