WAEC Announces Date For 2021 WASSCE

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
2020-2021 will hold from August 16 to September 30, 2021 for
1,573,789 SS3 candidates.

The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, said the Council
experienced delays in starting the examination because of the
impact of the COVID-19 on the 2020/2021 academic calendar as well
as failure of schools to register their SS3 candidates on time in
line with Government policy of documenting the Continuous
Assessment Scores (CAS) of school candidates. Usually, the WASSCE
for school candidates begins March/April and ends May.

He said: “Some of you may be surprised that the examination is
being held again in the month of August instead of May/June, and
coming after some other national examinations had taken place. The
reasons for this are not farfetched.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a disruption and distortion of
the academic calendar in the West African Sub-region. The Final
International Timetable was therefore, drawn in such a way as to
cater for the interests of all the five-member countries.

“The timetable was specifically drawn to align with Nigeria’s
emergency academic calendar and also in deference to the specific
request made by the Federal Ministry of Education.”

Of the 1,573,789 candidates from 19,425 recognised secondary
schools across the country, 792,620 (50.36 per cent) are males;
while 781,169 (49.64 per cent) are females

Speaking on the WAEC Chatbot, Areghan said candidates can make
requests from the council online through its Request Management
System and WAEC-Chatbot.

The HNO said that through the online platforms, candidates and
others can process and track requests from the Council – including
requesting for certificates – without visiting WAEC offices
physically. He also noted that the WAEC chatbot could interact with
candidates on WhatsApp.

The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
2020-2021 will hold from August 16 to September 30, 2021 for
1,573,789 SS3 candidates.

The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, said the Council
experienced delays in starting the examination because of the
impact of the COVID-19 on the 2020/2021 academic calendar as well
as failure of schools to register their SS3 candidates on time in
line with Government policy of documenting the Continuous
Assessment Scores (CAS) of school candidates. Usually, the WASSCE
for school candidates begins March/April and ends May.

He said: “Some of you may be surprised that the examination is
being held again in the month of August instead of May/June, and
coming after some other national examinations had taken place. The
reasons for this are not farfetched.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a disruption and distortion of
the academic calendar in the West African Sub-region. The Final
International Timetable was therefore, drawn in such a way as to
cater for the interests of all the five-member countries.

“The timetable was specifically drawn to align with Nigeria’s
emergency academic calendar and also in deference to the specific
request made by the Federal Ministry of Education.”

Of the 1,573,789 candidates from 19,425 recognised secondary
schools across the country, 792,620 (50.36 per cent) are males;
while 781,169 (49.64 per cent) are females

Speaking on the WAEC Chatbot, Areghan said candidates can make
requests from the council online through its Request Management
System and WAEC-Chatbot.

The HNO said that through the online platforms, candidates and
others can process and track requests from the Council – including
requesting for certificates – without visiting WAEC offices
physically. He also noted that the WAEC chatbot could interact with
candidates on WhatsApp.