West African Examinations Council

There are two well-known local examination bodies in West Africa. The one is the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which started operations in 1952, ...

That report is an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of candidates. And you know what, this was the same tactics the Federal Government of Nigeria adopted in dealing with the ASUU when they went on strike for 1999 days. The message in the press release said that ‘Edo State has been commended for its giant strides in revamping the educational sector from basic to tertiary level through wide reaching reforms instituted by Obaseki. This was part of our reference to the WAEC and NECO, as local – local being a synonym for WAEC and NECO as regional exam bodies and a reference to their value or quality – if a candidate passes his or her WAEC exam, that pass becomes an important first step in the journey to professional and academic fulfilment in life. While the WAEC and NECO exams look like tests or exams for the candidates only, they are as a matter of fact an examination of the investments made or policies that have been put in place either by the federal or state government. Many of the lecturers went borrowing and begging to live. If students fail woefully in any state, that failure indeed is a reflection of the weaknesses in the educational investments or policies of that state, and vice versa. He moved the Centre for Community Development from the City Centre into a bush in Bekuma, Edo North, effectively shutting it down completely. While the WAEC oversees the regulation of exams in Anglophone countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia, NECO was set up to meet the unique needs of Nigerians (the subject of which is outside the purview of this discussion). Some of the candidates’ expressions were generally gibberish or inappropriate to the context. The one is the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), which started operations in 1952, and the other is the National Examinations Council (NECO), which started conducting exams in April 1999. These other exams are standardised examinations that seek to further test the capacity of candidates seeking admission to schools or looking to migrate either to the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia.