The increment, which amounts to about 29 percent, will take effect with the 2022 senior school certificate examination (SSCE) as disclosed during the announcement of the release of the 2021 May/June diet of the SSCE on Monday in Lagos said by Patrick Areghan the head of Nigeria Office of WAEC. The fee was hiked from N13,950 to N18,000 starting from 2022.
The Head of Nigeria Office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, who made the announcement, blamed the development on the coronavirus pandemic, rising inflation rates and the biting insecurity.
He said: “As can be seen, in the general cost of doing business and the multiplier effect of insecurity in the country which have consequential effects on the cost of our operations, it is no longer possible to continue to provide services with the current fee of N13,950 per candidate.
“We are, therefore, asking all schools principals to collect N18,000 per candidate for registration.
“Any amount beyond this ceiling will not be to our consent or knowledge and will definitely not come to the purse of the West African Examinations Council,” Areghan warned.”
The WAEC boss noted that a part of the new fees would go into remunerations enhancement for the various examination functionaries with effect from 2022 as approved by the council’s Governing Board of WAEC.
He also added that efforts were being made to speedily complete the processing to enable all the affected candidates to get their results fully processed and released within the next one week.
