WAEC cautions WASSCE candidates reporting late to exam centres

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cautioned final-year Senior High School students partaking in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to report late to examination centres.
WAEC warning comes after several candidates were prevented from taking the Social Studies paper in the ongoing 2024 WASSCE for School because they reported to the centre more than 30 minutes after the examination had started.
For instance, the headmistress of Labone Senior High School, Rejoice Ahua Akonor prevented about ten candidates from taking the Social Studies paper explaining that could not break the rule for the students who were late.
Speaking to journalists on the worrying situation, she said “This is not their first time, and they have come over an hour after the exams started. I cannot in any way allow them in. I’m not happy about it, but this is the situation I find myself.”
Commenting on the incident, the Head of WAEC, Dr Rosemond Wilson expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination saying the rules of the examination will always be applied.
“The supervisors are to adhere to the WAEC rules and regulations for a smooth conduct of the exams. Most of the students intentionally come in late, waiting for “apor” and other things. That is why we revised the rules for candidates to come in 30 minutes before the exam starts,” she told the media.
The 2024 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates which commenced with Visual Art Project work on August 5, 2024, will end on Friday, September 20, 2024.
A total of 460,611 candidates representing 212,954 males and 247,657 females from 1,003 Senior High Schools across the country are participating in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School.
Ongoing at 1,000 centres across the country, the management of the not-for-profit-making organization in a statement sighted by Pretertiary.com said the figure is 2.66% higher than the 2023 entry figure of 448,674.