Education
WAEC: We Spent ₦1.5billion to Conduct 2020 WASSCE
NOVEMBER 7, 2020
The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed that it spent over ₦1.5 billion to conduct the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
NAN reports that Head of National Office, WAEC, Areghan Patrick broke the news on Friday at the 2021 budget defence before the house of representatives committee on basic education and services.
Patrick said over 1.5 million candidates sat for the examination, while 80,000 were engaged to mark the papers.
He added that each candidate paid ₦13,900 as examination fee, adding that only registration and administration fees came to the council’s coffers.
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He also explained that the money collected from candidates does not belong to WAEC but service providers.
Patrick said WAEC is not a revenue-generating body, but an assessment body that collects money to conduct examinations for students.
He noted that the council spends money in advance to conduct examinations, adding that any examination conducted had already been paid for by previous candidates.
According to him, WAEC is currently having a deficit of ₦7 billion, adding that the council was not fully funded.
He pleaded that the 2020 budget should be fully released to the council as money collected from students was not enough to conduct the examinations.
Source: NAN
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