The West African Examination Council [WAEC]
has made known to the general public that the
council has decided to release examination
results 60days after the last examination prior
to the last 90 days earlier been released.
The WAEC HNO Olu Adenipekun, told the News
Agency of Nigeria that the waiting days will now
be 60 days as against 90 days previously.
Mr. Adenipekun spoke with NAN on the side-line
of the council’s 65th anniversary celebration
which began on Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, the development is one of
such steps being taken by the council to meet
its mandate of delivering quality service to all
stakeholders.
“All hands must be on deck to ensure that the
innovation, tagged: `Project 60’, is effective from
this year.
“For sometimes now, we normally use about 90
days, from the day of the last paper of the
examination to release the result.
“For the past 15 months, when I assumed office
as the HNO in Nigeria, we have been working to
reduce that `waiting period’ by 50 per cent.
“This is what initially brought about what we
had also called `Project 45’ but we want to take
it gradually,” Mr. Adenipekun said.
He told NAN that for the 2017 May/June
WASSCE, which is about to start, the intention
of the board was to release the result within 60
to 65 days.
“So, this is how we came about ‘Project 60’; and
in the coming years, the council will talk about
`Project 45’,” he said.
He added that council was hoping that in the
next two years, it would be able to release
results of its examinations within 45 days after
the last paper is taken. On whether the
development was tied to the JAMB’s insistence
that candidates should make their WASSCE
results available as prerequisite for admissions,
the HNO said that it was not meant to address
any issue.
Mr. Adenipekun noted that one of the major
objectives for introducing project 60 was to
reposition the council and portray it as an
organisation that was delivering its mandate.
According to him, WAEC should also be seen as
being always ready to review its operations and
delivery time. “This may also come as good
news for our current SSS 3 students, who are
about to write the 2017 WASSCE.
“Basically there is need for our SSS 3 students
to be happy because they are our principal
stakeholders.
“I am sure reducing the waiting period will even
make them happier,” he said.


Source:  Jtownconnect