Uyai-Abasi Etido
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has cancelled stamping of certificates, manual confirmation for all candidates following the new WAEC Digital Certificate Platform, which the council launched late last year.
This effect is for all candidates who have taken the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from 1999 till date.
The digital platform is designed to be a seamless and timely mode of availing stakeholders of their candidates’ certificates.
This was confirmed in a statement by the council, where it added that efforts were currently underway to expand the platform to accommodate candidates from 1980.
The statement read in part, “The West African Examinations Council Nigeria is pleased to inform institutions, organisations, agencies, embassies, high commissions, and the general public that the Council will no longer provide manual confirmation or stamping of certificates of candidates who sat the WASSCE from 1999 till date, as the Council has launched the WAEC Digital Certificate Platform for a seamless and timely mode of availing stakeholders of their candidates’ certificates.
“The WAEC Digital Certificate Platform allows candidates to access, download, and share their original WAEC certificates. Institutions and organisations can also promptly and securely confirm the certificates of candidates.
“Note that certificates accessed and shared through the platform are authentic and sourced directly from the WAEC database.
“We implore stakeholders and the general public to utilise the digital certificate platform developed to ease the bottlenecks associated with the manual access and confirmation system.
“We kindly request that institutions, organisations, agencies, embassies, high commissions, etc, provide email addresses for the digital sharing, receiving, and verification of certificates. Furthermore, all concerned should please update their portals to accommodate the sharing of the WAEC certificate,” it said.
NEWSTODAYNG recalled that the WAEC Digital Certificate Platform was launched in October last year as a means to help candidates to generate certificates online and recover burnt, lost, and damaged certificates.
According to the Head of WAEC’s Nigerian National Office, Patrick Areghan, it will cost N7,500 for new and old candidates to assess the platform, N3,500 to share, and N5,000 for certificate confirmation.
