GCE Exam Registration Commence On Friday :WAEC

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has publicly  announced that it will commence registration for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) 2017 for private candidates on Friday. The examination body said  this on its official tweeter handle, @waecnigeria. A screen shot of the registration information was also shared in the tweet. It read: “This is to notify  intending candidates for the WASSCE for private candidates 2017 that registration start  on Friday this week. “Candidates are supose  to pay a registration fee of  N13,950 at any of the supported banks or any other accredited agents to obtain the registration pin and information VCD. “Normal registration period is from Friday April 28 to June 28. After obtaining registration pin, candidates should log on to www.waeconline.org  for registration. “Candidates should also notice  that the registration process has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the examination  centre.” “Candidates who wish to register for the exam after the close of entries can be accommodated as “ walk-in-candidates” provided they register 24hours to the start of the paper(s) they intend to write. The “walk-in-candidates” fee is twenty five thousand naira, N25,000.” The examination body had in December last year announced that the private candidates examination formerly known as Nov/Dec GCE Exam, conducted once a year will now be conducted twice a year in January/February and August/September begining from 2017. Iyi Uwadiae, the council’s registrar who announced  this while speaking to journalists at a meeting in Accra, Ghana, said the measure is to encourage that many private candidates, who wish the certificate for various purposes, will be given the opportunity of writing the examination and acquire the certificate.