The Head of the Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Amos Dangut, has assured candidates sitting for the 2026 West African Senior School Certificate Examination that their results would be released 45 days after the conduct of the final paper.
Speaking during a press briefing at the council’s national office in Yaba on Monday, Dangut said certificates of successful candidates would also be printed and issued to schools within 90 days after the release of results.
He added that digital copies of certificates would equally be accessible through the WAEC Digital Certificate platform to ease verification and access.
According to him, the 2026 WASSCE, which commenced on April 21 with practical papers, will end on June 19 after running for eight weeks and three days.
“Results will be released 45 days after the last paper, while certificates will be printed and issued to schools within 90 days. Digital copies of certificates will also be available via the WAEC Digital Certificate platform,” he said.
Dangut disclosed that a total of 1,959,636 candidates from 24,207 schools registered for the examination nationwide.
He explained that 958,564 candidates, representing 48.92 per cent, are male, while 1,001,072 candidates, representing 51.08 per cent, are female, indicating a rise in female participation compared to the previous year.
The WAEC boss also revealed that candidates would sit for 37 subjects comprising 97 papers, while about 29,000 senior secondary school teachers nominated by Ministries of Education across the country are serving as supervisors.
On examination reforms, Dangut said more schools embraced the Computer-Based WASSCE format in 2026 following the successful introduction of the system in 2025.
He noted that the adoption of the computer-based mode aligns with global best practices and recommendations of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Dangut further disclosed that some offshore schools in neighbouring countries operating the WAEC syllabus also adopted the computer-based examination format this year.
To curb malpractice and strengthen the integrity of the examination process, he said the council had sustained the serialisation of examination papers to ensure that no two candidates receive the same question sequence.
According to him, the innovation is part of WAEC’s efforts to deploy modern Information and Communications Technology to improve service delivery and uphold the integrity of public examinations in the country.
