The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Nigeria has revoked the licences of 574 schools that were found guilty of examination malpractices.
The examination body stated that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) commences from Thursday, April 24, 2025.The Head of WAEC’s National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut made this known during a press briefing on Thursday at the headquarters of the examination body in Lagos.Dangut said WAEC had forwarded the list of the affected schools to the federal government.“This year,we have shared with them a total of 574 schools that have their recognition withdrawn and that is also going to be the same for all examining bodies.
As an organisation that believes in the use of modern Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to solve myriads of problems as well as improve service delivery to the Nigerian child, the Council has introduced its maiden Computer-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2025.”He added that as part of the measures to uphold academics and moral integrity, candidates sitting for the examination will not have the same questions in each number.“It will interest you to know that from this year, two candidates will not have the same questions on each number. We have adopted this innovation for some of the WASSCE codes.“This initiative is part of the paradigm shift in the education sector, particularly, the adoption of current test administration techniques geared towards upholding the academic and moral integrity of the National Policy on Education and in line with the vision of the Federal Ministry of Education,” he said.Dangut raised concerns on insecurity, but assured of continued partnership with the police in various states to provide adequate security for smooth and hitch-free conduct of the examination.