The West African Examinations Council has revoked the licences of 574 secondary schools in Nigeria.
This was disclosed by the Head of WAEC’s National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, during a press briefing at the headquarters of the examination body in Lagos.
Dangut said WAEC had forwarded the list of the affected schools to the Nigerian government.
WAEC announced that the affected schools were found to have committed examination malpractices.
The examination body also stated that the schools will not be allowed to conduct examinations even as the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, commences from Thursday, the 24th of April, 2025.
For the forthcoming 2025 WASSCE, 1,973,253 candidates were said to be registered for the examination from 23,554 schools.
News Edited by Favour Owonibi