WAEC set to hold the 72nd Annual Council meeting in Sierra Leone

The 72nd Annual Council meeting of the West African Examinations Council will be held at the Bintumani Conference Center in Freetown from Monday, March 18, 2024, to Friday, March 22, 2024, the management of WAEC has said.

The 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the West African Examinations Council is on the theme “Moving Towards the Light: Provisioning Higher Education” and the International Excellence Awards for WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023.

Funded by the government of f Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Maada Bio is reportedly the special guest of honour at the Council meeting.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is an examination board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in English-speaking West African countries, to conduct the examinations and to award certificates comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities internationally

Established in 1952, the council has contributed to education in Anglophone countries of West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Gambia), with the number of examinations they have coordinated, and certificates they have issued.

They also formed an endowment fund, to contribute to education in West Africa, through lectures and aid to those who cannot afford education. Since established it continues to be one of the biggest and most globally recognized exams in West Africa.