The start date for the 2023 school-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has been announced by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
According to WAEC, this year’s exam will commence on Monday, May 8 and will run till Friday, June 23.
WAEC made this known at a pre-examination press briefing on Thursday in Lagos State.
The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, stated that a total of 1,621,853 candidates across 20,851 government and private schools registered for the examination.
Similarly, WAEC has cautioned the examination officials, particularly the supervisors, to guide against any form of misconduct in their centres.The deputy registrar and Ikeja zonal coordinator of WAEC, Dr Amos Dangut, gave the advice at a workshop at the Government Secondary School, Agege, to sensitise the supervisors on the ‘dos and don’ts’ expected of them and candidates during the upcoming examination.
The supervisors comprise secondary school principals and teachers nominated by the various state ministries of education to help the WAEC to conduct its examinations at various centres and ensure the exercise is hitch-free.
Speaking further, Dangut charged the supervisors to understand their roles, which according to him include, educating their students who are the candidates and the invigilators who are the teaching staff as well as the principals on the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the examination.
