WAEC TO RELEASE 2017 RESULTS IN 60 DAYS—WAEC BOSS

Beginning with the 2017 West African
Senior School Certificate Examination , the
West African Examination Council has said
that results will be released 60 days after the
last paper is written .
To this end, the examination body has
launched an initiative , Project 60 , and
deployed over 60 , 000 examiners to ensure
that results are released 60 days after the
conduct of the examination.
Head of Information , WAEC, Mr . Demianus
Ojijeogu , said this on Thursday during an
interview with our correspondent . 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 .
He 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 . ’’