West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates 2016

West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates informs candidates that the WASSCE Examination 2016 is in progress.

Intending candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidate, 2016 are hereby informed that the registration is online.

Walk-IN-Candidates
Candidates who wishes to register for the examination after the close of entries can 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-Candidates' fee is Twenty Five Thousand Naira only (25,000.00)

Registration
Candidates must conclude registration within two weeks of first access to the website during the registration period. They should ensure that their names, gender, passport photographs, date of birth and subjects are correct. They are also to print the admission notice/photo card as evidence of successful registration. This will serve as the photocard during the examination. The result checker PIN will also be on the photo card. Only Digital Personal Scanner should be used for fingerprint registration.

General Information

• Candidates should view the Information VCD before they register for the examination.
• Candidates should note that examination fees are not refundable.
• Candidates must 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's website (registration.waecdirect.org) using their registration PIN.
• All candidates must go to their examination halls in mufti and without arms. No professional uniform of any kind will be allowed in the examination hall.
• The entire results of candidates who make more than one entry will be cancelled.
• Smoking is not allowed in the examination hall.
• Any candidate that comes into the examination hall with mobile phone and / or electronic or communication gadgets will have his or her entire result cancelled.
• All candidates must ensure that their entries are correctly uploaded, as the Council will not be held responsible for errors in candidates' particulars. No request for correction will 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 photocards.
• Candidates who engage in examination malpractice will not only have their results cancelled but may be prosecuted.

Candidate with Disabilities and Impairment
Candidates with disabilities and impairment will also register online like other candidates but they must clearly state their disabilities cum impairment e.g blind, low vision, spastic speech, etc.

Registration Period
The normal registration period is from Monday, April 18th to Friday, July 29th, 2016. After payment, candidates should log on to: registration.waecdirect.org for registration. Candidates should also note that the registration procedures has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the examination centres.

Method of Payment
Candidates are expected to pay a registration fee of Eleven Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Naira only (N11,950.00) at branches of any of the following banks or any accredited agent and obtain the registration PIN and the information VCD:

• Access Bank Plc
• Diamond Bank Plc
• Ecobank Plc
• Fidelity Bank Plc
• First Bank of Nig. Plc
• First City Monument Bank Plc.
• Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
• Heritage Bank Plc
• Keystone Bank Plc
• Skye Bank Plc
• Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
• Standard Chartered Bank Plc
• Sterling Bank Plc Union Bank Plc
• United Bank for Africa Plc
• Unity Bank Plc.
• Zenith Bank Plc