By Uchechukwu Nnaike
Following several appeals by parents
and other stakeholders, the Nigerian
office of the West African Examinations
Council (WAEC), has eliminated
registration deadline for its November/
December West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for
private candidates across the country.
With this, the board has created an
opportunity for candidates that were
unable to register during the normal
registration period to still register and
sit for the examination as ‘walk-in-
candidates’.
It said the registration of walk-in-
candidates would commence August 26,
and continue throughout the duration of
the examination.
Briefing journalists in Lagos yesterday,
the Head of National Office, Mr. Charles
Eguridu, said with the innovation,
candidates who for one reason or
another were unable to register for the
examination before the close of entry,
would still have the opportunity to
register even on the day of the
examination.
He said it would also afford candidates
the opportunity to regularise their result
to qualify for admission into tertiary
institutions of their choice instead of
waiting for a whole year to sit for the
examination.
Eguridu, who announced that the
registration fee per walk-in-candidate is
N25,000, maintained that such
candidates would only be able to sit for
the examination in cities and towns
where the council’s offices are located.
On the guidelines for registration, he
said, “Interested candidates are
expected to walk into any of the
council’s zonal or branch office with two
passport photographs, in addition to the
registration fee of N25,000 only, in bank
draft drawn in favour of ‘The West
African Examinations Council’ not later
than the day of the paper they intend to
sit.”
He stressed that candidates must
complete the registration formalities at
any WAEC zonal or branch office,
adding that candidates could register
without prejudice to the minimum
number of subjects.

Ok.... 25k seems much though.... To a great extent it's far better than waiting for another year

this is a Good one from waec