West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2020 has commerce.
The WASSCE for Private Candidates 2020 – First Series will be an urban based examination. Twenty-four (24) subjects would be available for the Examination will be available for the examination. Intending candidates for the examination are therefore, strongly advised to visit the Council’s corporate website- www.waecnigeria.org– to confirm available examination towns and subjects before obtaining the registration PIN.
Candidates should also note that the 2020 WAEC GCE registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the examination centres.
WAEC GCE REGISTRATION PERIOD
WAEC GCE normal registration period is from Tuesday, October 15, 2019 to Tuesday, December 31, 2019.
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE 2019 WAEC GCE
Candidates arc expected to pay a registration fee of Thirteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Naira (N13,950) only, at branches of any of the following banks or any accredited agent and obtain the Registration PIN and Information VCD:
Access Bank Plc
Ecobank Plc
Fidelity Bank Plc
WEMA Bank Plc
First Bank of Nig. Plc
First City Monument Bank Plc
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Heritage Bank Plc
Sterling Bank Plc
Polaris Bank Ltd
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
Standard Chartered Bank Plc
Zenith Bank Plc
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
United Bank for Africa Plc
Unity Bank Plc
In addition, candidates will be required to pay Five Hundred Naira (N500.00) commission to the banks/accredited agents.
After obtaining the Registration PIN, candidates should log on to https://registration.waecdirect.org/ for registration.
CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Candidates with special needs will also register online like other candidates but they must dearly state their disabilities e.g blind, low vision, spastic, speech, etc.
COMPLETION OF REGISTRATION
Candidates MUST conclude registration within two weeks of first access to the website during the registration period. They should ensure that their names, gender, passport photographs, dates of birth and subjects are correct. They are also to print the Admission Notiec/Photo Card as evidence of successful registration which will serve as identification during the examination. The Result Checker PIN will also be on the Photo Card. Only Digital Personal Scanner should be used for fingerprint registration.
GENERAL INFORMATION
– Candidates should view the Information VCD before they register for the examination.
– Candidates should note that registration fee is not refundable.
– Candidates should print the examination Timetable at the completion of their registration.
– Entries must be uploaded with good quality passport size photographs, not “wait and get” photographs. The background of such photographs MUST NOT BE BLUE OR RED. The size should be 275 by 314 pixels. – Entries with unacceptable passport photographs will be rejected.
-Candidates should study the Regulations and Syllabuses as well as the Timetable for the examination which they can download from WAEC website (http://www.waeconline.org.ng/) using the Registration PIN.
– Candidates must go to examination halls in mufti and without arms. No professional uniform of any kind will be allowed in the examination halls.
– The entire results of candidates who sit the examination in more than one centre will be cancelled.
– Smoking is not allowed in the examination hall.
– Any candidate that comes into the examination hall with mobile phone(s) and /or electronic gadget(s) will have his or her entire results cancelled.
– Candidates must ensure that their entries are correctly completed before uploading as the Council will not be held responsible for errors in candidates’ particulars. Request for correction will NOT BE entertained on any information which a candidate voluntarily gives at the point of registration as soon as the examination commences.
– Candidates must come into the examination hall with their original Photo Cards.
– Candidates who engage in examination malpractice will not only have their results cancelled, but may be prosecuted.
– Candidates must ensure they provide valid email and telephone number(s) during regustration.
