WAEC gives deadline to complete 2023/24 WASSCE script marking

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) as it prepares to release the 2023 BECE results of Junior High School students who sat for the national examination says it will continue 2023 WASSCE script marking until the end of November 24, 2023.

In a social media post sighted by Thisterm.com, the Council said the provisional results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released within the first to second week of December 2023.

“Marking of WASSCE scripts will continue and end on 24th November 2023, The results will be officially released within the first to second week of December 2023,” the non-profit organization (WAEC) said in the social media post.

In a related development, over 20,000 examiners have been tasked to mark the 2023 BECE and WASSCE scripts of candidates who sat for the just-ended national and international examination, an official of WAEC has said.

Speaking to Thistermcom, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) official said his outfit usually commences the marking of the examination scripts three (3) weeks after the conduct of the last paper of any examination.

“Over 20,000 examiners across the country will partake in the marking of the national and international examination scripts. The marking process usually starts 3 weeks after the administration of the examination,” he stated.

He said the non-profit organization (WAEC) this year has put in place adequate measures to ensure contact details of examiners contracted to mark the 2023 international examination scripts do not leak as it happened some time ago.

A total of 447,204 candidates, made up of 211,834 males and 235,370 females drawn from 975 public and private Senior High Schools entered for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School.

This figure indicates an increase of 5.8% compared to the 2022 entry figure of 422,883. The WASSCE took place at 834 centres. A total of sixty (60) subjects, comprising four (4) core and fifty-six (56) electives were made available to prospective candidates to choose from.

The 2023 edition of the WASSCE for School Candidates commenced on Monday, July 31, 2023, with the Visual Art Project work. The international examination administered at 834 examination centres ended on September 26, 2023.