WAEC Set To Release Withheld Results, Bars Candidates, Schools

By LOVETH AZODO, Lagos

The West African Examination Council has said that the withheld results of candidates who sat the WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2020 – Second Series, WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2021- First Series and for School Candidates, 2021 and were exonerated by the Nigeria Examination Committee from cases of malpractice will be released without further delay.

The council revealed this in a communique issued after the 72nd Meeting of the Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) held from Thursday, 27th to Saturday, 29th January, 2022 in Lagos.

The Committee also approved appropriate sanctions in all established cases of malpractice, as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations governing the conduct of the Council’s examinations.

It further revealed that the committee authorized that the entire results of candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Entire Results (CER) be cancelled, while subject results of Candidates proven to have been involved in malpractice cases which attract the penalty of Cancellation of Subject Results (CSR), be similarly cancelled.

“Furthermore, some candidates will also suffer other sanctions such as being barred from sitting for the Council’s examinations for two years. Some schools will be derecognized for a specified number of years or have their recognition completely withdrawn. Some Supervisors that were found wanting in the discharge of their examination duties will be formally reported to their employers and blacklisted while some Invigilators will also be reported to the appropriate authorities for disciplinary action.”

“The resolutions of the Committee will be implemented without delay and the affected candidates and schools duly informed by the Council. However, the results of candidates who were exonerated by the Committee will be released without further delay,” it stated.

The Committee, which is the highest decision-making organ of WAEC on examination related matters in Nigeria, meets twice a year, to consider matters relating to the conduct of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School and Private Candidates.

Its statutory Chairman is the Chief Government Nominee on Council. Membership of the Committee comprises four representatives each of the States’ Ministries of Education and the Department of Education of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, ANCOPSS and Universities. It also includes the Registrar to Council, Head of the Nigeria National Office, Head of Test Development Division (TDD) and Head of Test Administration Division (TAD) also of the Nigeria National Office.