The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has explained it had to increase the registration fees paid for its examinations.
The examination body said the marginal increase of the registration fee for its examination from N13,950 to N18,000 was caused by spiral inflation being witnessed in Nigeria.
The Council, however, pledged to continue to improve on its service delivery, assuring that the just concluded 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released within 45 days after the conduct of the last paper as was the practice of the Council.
The examination body (WAEC) said this when the Chairman of Council, Professor Ato Essuman, led his team on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja.
There has to be that marginal increase to enable us to do better services. The examiners are now happy as we are able to increase their marking fees through this marginal increase,” he said.
“The money actually went for the payment of examiners to enable us to satisfy them so that they can do the job better.”
Essuman also solicited the support of the Federal Government to procure the $3.9 million printing machine to help the council in its service delivery.
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