This is to inform candidates that intend to take part in the 2022 First series January/February WAEC GCE about the Registration Form status. Details about the form are given below.
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates First series e-registration form for the examination is now available. Interested candidates are to take note of the details about the form below.
About the 2022 Firstย Series WAEC GCE Registration Form
Intending candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2022 โ First Series are hereby informed that the registration began on Monday, December 20, 2021.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) began conducting two series of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates in 2018.
WASSCE for Private Candidates, 2022 – First Series would be an urban-based examination. It is intended to help candidates who have deficiencies in their WASSCE results, bridge the gap. Nineteen )19) subjects would be available for the examination. Prospective candidates are advised to visit the Councilโs Corporate website โ www.waecnigeria.org to confirm available examination towns and subjects before obtaining the registration PIN.
Candidates should also note that theย 2022 WAEC GCE registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the examination centres.
WAEC GCE First Series Registration Period
- WAEC GCE registration period begins onย 20thย December 2021ย and ends onย 23rdย January 2022ย at 12.00 midnight.
- Walk-in registration isย Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N30,500.00)ย onlyย per candidate. Registration must be done not less than twenty-four hours to the scheduled time of the paper(s) intended to sit for.
How to Apply for the 2022 WAEC GCE First Series
Candidates are expected to pay a registration fee ofย Eighteen Thousand Naira (N18,000)ย 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
- First Bank of Nig
- First City Monument Bank Plc
- Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
- Heritage Bank Plc
- Jaiz Bank
- Polaris Bank Ltd
- Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
- Standard Chartered Bank Plc
- Sterling Bank Plc
- Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
- United Bank for Africa Plc
- Unity Bank Plc
- WEMA Bank Plc
- Zenith Bank Plc
Also, candidates will be required to pay a Five Hundred Naira (N500.00) commission to the banks/accredited agents.
After obtaining the Registration PIN, candidates should log on toย https://registration.waecdirect.org/ย for registration.
NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIN):
- Each Candidate is expected to have a National Identification Number for the Registration exercise.
CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
- Candidates with special needs will also register online like other candidatesย but they must clearly state their Impairments e.gย Visual, Low vision, Spastic, Speech, Hard to hear, 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.ย They are also to print the Admission Notice, as Evidence of successful registration, which will serve as identification during the examination.ย The Result Checker PIN will also be on the Admission Notice.ย The acceptableย fingerprint Scanner isย UareU digitalPersona fingerprint device.
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 โwait and getโ 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 fromย WAECย website (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 candidatesโ 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 address and telephone number (s) during registration.
- All candidatesย must beย prepared to observe allย COVID-19 Regulations.