Contact Details:
WAEC
Website:
www.waecnigeria.org
Local
Headquarters
11 Marina
Parade
PO Box 158,
Banjul
The Gambia
West Africa
Telephone number:
4228814 (Main switchboard)
4228340
4223848
Fax
number: 4229238
Email: waec_banjul@gamtel.gm
Examinations Loop Headquarters
P.O. Box GP 125
Accra
Ghana
T: 221511
F:23321-222905
Telex: 2934 WAEC GH |
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Background Information:
The Gambia
pays 6.54% towards the expenses for the headquarters of the WAEC.
The West African Examinations Council was created in 1952. The Council
has the responsibility of ascertaining examinations required in the
public interest in the English-speaking West African countries,
comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities
internationally, and to develop syllabuses, arrange and administer examinations and to
award certificates.
WAEC consists of 60 members, representing the Governments, the
Universities, Secondary Schools and other interested parties in the
five member states which are Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia
and Liberia. The chairmanship of the Council rotates every 3
years between member countries. The current Chairman (14.08.08) is Mr.
Ousman Alieu Ndow of The Gambia.
Brief
History of WAEC:
The West African Examinations Council was established in 1952
following the submission of the Jeffery Report to the then colonial Government in the Gold Coast,
Nigeria, Sierra-Leone and the Gambia; who passed appropriate
Ordinances in their Legislative Assemblies in 1951.
Types of Exams:
International Examinations e.g.: WASSCE, SC/GCE 0/Level and the
HSC/GCE A/Level;
National Examinations such as the Senior School Certificate,
Technical, Business Studies, and Common Entrance Examinations;
Examinations conducted in collaboration with international examining bodies,
such as City and Guilds of London Institute, and the Royal Society of
Arts;
Examinations conducted on behalf of other examining bodies, such as
University of London GCE examination for non-West Africans, Scholastic
Aptitude Test and Graduate Record Examinations for Educational Testing
Service, Princeton, USA.
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