The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has made clear what position it will take going forward regarding candidates whose results have been confiscated or withheld from the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates.
The choices were made during the 76th meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which took place from October 3rd to 4th, 2023.
The exam body states that applicants who are found to have engaged in examination misconduct, which carries a punishment known as Cancellation of complete Results (CER), would have their complete results cancelled.
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Similar to this, candidates whose subject results have been determined to have engaged in examination misconduct will also be subject to the Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), will also be cancelled.
It was also decided at the meeting that the Committee’s exonerated candidates’ results would be made public right away.
WAEC noted that the impacted candidates and schools would be informed as soon as the instructions were put into effect.
The decisions were announced in a statement posted on the WAEC X platform, formerly known as Twitter, under the organization’s official handle.
The full statement reads: “The 76th Meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) was held from Tuesday, 3rd to Wednesday, 4th October 2023.
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“At the meeting, the Committee received and considered reports on the conduct of WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023, as well as irregularity cases arising from the conduct of the examination.
“The Committee directed that the entire results of candidates proven to have been involved in examination malpractice, which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER), be cancelled.
“Similarly, subject results of Candidates proven to have been involved in examination malpractice, which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), be cancelled.
“The directives of the Committee will be implemented as soon as possible, and the Council will inform the affected candidates and Schools. Subsequently, the results of candidates exonerated by the Committee will be released without further delay.
“The Committee also implored the States’ Ministries of Education and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) to adhere strictly to the registration deadline for WASSCE for School Candidates’ examination diets.
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“In conclusion, the Committee commended the Council for the thorough investigations conducted on the reported examination malpractice cases presented during the meeting.”
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Committee meets twice a year to discuss issues related to the administration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School and Private Candidates. The Committee is the highest decision-making organ of WAEC on examination-related matters in Nigeria.
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