WAEC GCE Form 2024/2025 is out. The date of sale of GCE Registration Form for first (1st) and second (2nd) series has been announced. Visit WAEC portal login www.waecdirect.org for more latest news update on WAEC GCE Form closing date.
Kindly know that WAEC normally conducts two series of the examination for their private candidates per year. The GCE registration for first series is done in January / February while the GCE registration for second series is done in October / November.
Currently, the registration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates 2024 – Second Series has commenced from Monday July 8th and ends on Friday August 9th, 2024.
Note candidates can choose either Computer Based (CB) and Pen and Paper. Registration fee for the exam is N27,000.
Candidates are able to purchase the registration pins from any WAEC Office, banks, registration centers, or accredited agents.
Let’s guide you on how to login to https://registration.waecdirect.org portal and register for West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates successfully without having any challenge.
WAEC GCE Registration Procedures
The registration fee to be paid by candidates is Twenty Seven Thousand Naira (N27,000) only at any branches of the bank listed below or any accredited agent and obtain the Registration PIN and Information VCD:
- Access Bank Plc
- First Bank of Nig. Ltd
- Sterling Bank Plc
- Zenith Bank Plc
- Diamond Bank Plc
- First City Monument Bank Plc
- Skye Bank Plc
- Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
- Ecobank Ltd
- Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
- Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
- United Bank for Africa Plc
- Fidelity Bank Plc
- Heritage Bank Plc
- Standard Chartered Bank Plc
- Unity Bank Plc
- WEMA Bank Plc
Also, candidates will be required to pay a sum of Five Hundred Naira (N500.00) as commission to the banks or agents accredited by WAEC.
Candidates can also explore any of the following cashless payment channels included in the new advert to procure registration token with credit/debit card.
- Bancwize Limited
- Bring Africa
- Broadshift Technologies Ltd
- Citiserve Ltd
- Xpress payment
- Paga
- Palmpay
- Paycom
- System Specs Ltd
- Interswitch
- Coralpay
- Etranzact
- IQ Pay
- Cyberspace Ltd
- Fidelity Bank
- Itex
- Unified payments
- UBA
- Capricorn Ltd
- Kudi
WALK-IN-CANDIDATES:
Candidates who wish to register for the examination after the close of entries may be accommodated as “Walk-in-Candidates” provided they register not less than twenty-four hours to the scheduled time of the paper(s) they intend to write. The “Walk-in-Candidate” fee is Forty-Five Thousand Naira (N45,000.00) only.
CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
Candidates with special needs will also register online like other candidates but they must clearly state their Impairments e.g Visual, Low vision, Spastic, Speech, Hard to hear, etc.
WHERE TO REGISTER
Candidates can visit accredited banks, Cyber Cafes, WAEC offices and “WAEC REGISTRATION POINTS” nearest to them for PIN purchase and registration.
To Complete your GCE Registration
All candidates MUST finish the registration within two weeks of gaining access to the portal during the registration period.
Candidates should ensure that their names, gender, passport photographs, dates of birth and subjects are correct.
You are also to print the Admission Notice/Photo Card as evidence that you have successfully registered which will serve as a means of identification for candidates during the examination.
On the Photo Card, there will be the Result Checker PIN. Only Digital Personal Scanner should is allowed to be used for fingerprint registration.
Now, after you have done with the registration, download WAEC GCE Timetable PDF to know when examination will start.
General Information from WAEC
- Candidates should view the Information VCD before they register for the examination.
- Candidates should note that registration fee is not refundable.
- Candidates should print the examination Timetable at the completion of their registration.
- Entries must be uploaded with good quality passport size photographs, not “wait and get” photographs. The background of such photographs MUST NOT BE BLUE OR RED. The size should be 275 by 314 pixels. Entries with unacceptable passport photographs will be rejected.
- Candidates should study the Regulations and Syllabuses as well as the Timetable for the examination which they can download from WAEC website (http://www.waeconline.org.ng/) using the Registration PIN.
- Candidates must go to examination halls in mufti and without arms. No professional uniform of any kind will be allowed in the examination halls.
- The entire results of candidates who sit the examination in more than one centre will be cancelled.
- Smoking is not allowed in the examination hall.
- Any candidate that comes into the examination hall with mobile phone(s) and /or electronic gadget(s) will have his or her entire results cancelled.
- Candidates must ensure that their entries are correctly completed before uploading as the Council will not be held responsible for errors in candidates’ particulars. Request for correction will NOT BE entertained on any information which a candidate voluntarily gives at the point of registration as soon as the examination commences.
- Candidates must come into the examination hall with their original Photo Cards.
- Candidates who engage in examination malpractice will not only have their results cancelled, but may be prosecuted.
- Candidates must ensure they provide valid email address and telephone number (s) during registration.
- All candidates must be prepared to observe all COVID-19 Regulations.