By Jimmy Jackson
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Nigeria has revoked the licences of 574 schools found guilty of examination malpractices.
Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday at WAEC’s national headquarters in Lagos, the head of the national office, Dr Amos Dangut, said the list of affected schools has been submitted to the federal government.
The examination body also stated that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, commences from Thursday, April 24, 2025.
“This year, we have shared with them a total of 574 schools that have their recognition withdrawn and that is also going to be the same for all examining bodies.
“So, these are those that have got their license revoked as far as the examination centre is concerned. So we will not conduct examinations there. We don’t know them as far as conducting examinations,” Dangut said.
Ahead of the forthcoming 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Dangut stated that 1,973,253 candidates registered for the examination from 23,554 schools.
Speaking further, he said 979,228 males and 994,025 females would take part in the examination.
The examination will hold from Thursday, April 24 till Friday, June 20, 2025.
