THE West African Examinations Council, has stated that the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates will begin on May 8 and end on Friday, June 23, 2023 in Nigeria.
The head of the Nigerian National Office, Patrick Areghan, disclosed at a press conference yesterday that a total of 1,621,853 candidates from 20,851 secondary schools have registered for the 2023 WASSCE (SC).
He noted that approximately 30,000 active senior secondary school teachers, were chosen by the various State Ministries of Educationa and would serve as the examination’s supervisors adding that candidates would be tested in 76 subjects.
“A total of 1,621,853 candidates from 20,851 secondary schools have registered for the examination. Out of this number, 798,810 are males, amounting to 49.25%, while 823,043 are females, which is 50.75% of the total candidature. The statistics show that there is a further increase and decrease in the number of females and males respectively, compared to the 2022 diet. On the whole, the candidature for the 2023 WASSCE (SC) increased by 13, 868 over the figure of 2022 1,607,985,” Areghan added.
Areghan maintained that schools that failed to upload the Continuous Assessment score within the expected time frame after several free upload periods would face possible penalties.
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