The West African Examination Council
(WAEC), has said that results will be released
60 days after the last paper is written.
According to the examination body, the 60-
day project is to kick-off with the 2017
West African Senior School Certificate
Examination.
WAEC has launched the initiative, Project 60,
and deployed over 60,000 examiners to
ensure that results
are released 60 days
after the conduct of the examination.
The exam body's head of information, Mr
Demianus Ojijeogu, said this on Thursday,
June 1, during an interview with The Punch.
While marking of the 2017 WASSCE has
already commenced, Ojijeogu said that it
would be concluded on June 10.
Results from previous diets of the
examination were released after 90 days. Ojijeogu said: "Project 60
was a desire of
the council to improve service delivery to its
numerous stakeholders. By reducing how
long it takes to release results after the
exam, we are rendering quality service that
will enable candidates to gain admission
into universities.
"Coordination and marking of 2017 WASSCE
for school candidates began on May 22,
2017, with staff training and briefing.
On
May 23, the staff checked and collected
coordination materials. On May 24, they
departed to the 83 marking venues across
the country designated for that purpose.
Some 66, 618 examiners are participating
in the process. "Chief examiners, team leaders and
assistant examiners had their coordination
meetings from May 26 to May 28 and
marking will end on June 10, 2017. The
results will be released 60 days after the last
paper was taken instead of the usual 90
days."
In a similar vein, (WAEC) says it has launched
a talk back platform, known as
'WAECKonnect' to improve effective
communication between the council and candidates.
The organisation said this in a statement
issued by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr
Damianus Ojijeogu, on Thursday in Lagos.
WAEC said it established the platform to
further engage the candidates and bridge
the communication gap between them and
the council.
"We are pleased to announce a new
electronic information sharing and
dissemination platform, called Candidates
Interactive System or WAECkonnect.
"This is to enable the council communicate
effectively with candidates during its
examinations .
"The council is determined to protect
candidates from also falling prey to
fraudulent persons, who might want to
take advantage of parents and candidates'
ignorance about its operations, to misguide
and defraud them," the statement read in
part. The platform will also allow WAEC to
effectively engage the candidates before,
during and after the registration and
examinations.
