The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, Nigeria has revoked the licenses of 574 schools.
The examination body withdrew the licenses of the affected schools because they were found guilty of examination malpractices.
WAEC disclosed that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, commences on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Addressing a press briefing on Thursday at the headquarters of the examination body in Lagos, the head of WAEC’s national office, Dr. Amos Dangut, said WAEC had forwarded the list of the affected schools to the Nigerian government.
On the forthcoming 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the WAEC boss stated that 1,973,253 candidates registered for the examination from 23,554 schools.
According to him, 979,228 males and 994,025 females would take part in the examination.
The examination is scheduled to be held from Thursday, April 24, till Friday, June 20, 2025.
