Latest Update: 2018 NECO GCE Form is Out.
WAEC GCE form is out. Authorities of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have announced that registration for the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, Second Series (August/September), will commence on May 14, 2018. This page provides everything you need to know to successfully register for the 2018 WAEC GCE. Continue reading below…..
WAEC GCE Registration Commenced
Intending candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2018 – Second Series are hereby informed that the registration will commence on 14th of May, 2018.
Candidates should also note that the 2018 WAEC GCE registration procedure has been designed to accommodate biometric features that will be used for validation at the examination centres.
Recommended:
- Price of 2018 WAEC GCE Scratch Cards & Selling Points
- 2018 WAEC GCE Registration Closing Date
- WAEC GCE ‘Walk-in Candidates’ Registration Process
- WAEC Syllabus
- WAEC Sample Questions and Scheme
- WAEC GCE Timetable
WAEC GCE Registration Period.
WAEC GCE normal registration period is from Monday, May 14,2018 to Sunday, August 12, 2018.
How to Apply for the 2018 WAEC GCE.
Candidates arc expected to pay a registration fee of Thirteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Naira (N13,950) only, at branches of any of the following banks or any accredited agent and obtain the Registration PIN and Information VCD:
- Access Bank Plc;
- First Bank of Nig. Ltd;
- Sterling Bank Plc
- Zenith Bank Plc;
- Diamond Bank Plc;
- First City Monument Bank Plc;
- Skye Bank Plc;
- Union Bank of Nigeria Plc;
- Ecobank Ltd;
- Guaranty Trust Bank Plc;
- Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc;
- United Bank for Africa Plc;
- Fidelity Bank Plc;
- Heritage Bank Plc;
- Standard Chartered Bank Plc;
- Unity Bank Plc;
- WEMA Bank Plc.
In addition, candidates will be required to pay Five Hundred Naira (N500.00) commission to the banks/accredited agents.
After obtaining the Registration PIN, candidates should log on to https://registration.waecdirect.org/ for registration.
CANDIDATES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Candidates with special needs will also register online like other candidates but they must dearly state their disabilities e.g blind, low vision, spastic, speech, etc.
COMPLETION OF 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, dates of birth and subjects are correct. They are also to print the Admission Notiec/Photo Card as evidence of successful registration which will serve as identification 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 registration fee is not refundable.
- Candidates should 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 website (http://www.waeconline.org.ng/) using the Registration PIN.
- Candidates must go to examination halls in mufti and without arms. No professional uniform of any kind will be allowed in the examination halls.
- The entire results of candidates who sit the examination in more than one centre will be cancelled.
- Smoking is not allowed in the examination hall.
- Any candidate that comes into the examination hall with mobile phone(s) and /or electronic gadget(s) will have his or her entire results cancelled.
- Candidates must ensure that their entries are correctly completed before uploading as the Council will not be held responsible for errors in candidates’ particulars. Request for correction will NOT 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 Photo Cards.
- Candidates who engage in examination malpractice will not only have their results cancelled, but may be prosecuted..
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Pls, when will the reg for GCE January/February start?
Please I need pin ooo,I couldn’t get pin from the bank on friday ,it will expires tomorrow, please I can have Monday grace 13 August to register,please help me admin,thank so much .I needed,please I need.help someone please
Can I register today,i haven’t register yet?
Comment Text*pls do waec charge for correction.if yes how much
Comment Text*glory
Pls when is GCE starting and how can i pay.
Please i need to register.
Comment Text*pls do I still hv opportunity
i have not registered
Yes till next week before it finally close
Please I heard they’ve extended the closing date to 7 of August.How true is this please?
Can the scratch card be obtained in Abuja and choose examination center in Anambra State
Comment Text*when is the next registration starting
pls I need a
update about d WAec GCE
What is photos card Pls?? ?
True but am not sure this date
Is there a designated place (s) where the personal scanner finger prints should be done?
omo na dobs be d way joor
When will the timetable be released
I have just got my registration pin for GCE, where exactly can i register/website.
which user name and password are they talking about. what website are we going to use for the registration.
WHEN DOES THE EXAM BEGIN AND END
Please is the waec GCE form still available bcus I want to buy it.. Help me out here is my email [email protected] and my phone number 08168280587. Thank you in advance
its still on till 27th July
When is the screening pls?Comment Text*
is the exam hard?
Not that hard,but harder than O’level,GCE A’LEVEL;A’level means Advanced Level
There is nothing like hard or simple exam, once u read and understand very well u will pass successfully.
No oooooo. it is the letters of the alphabet they will ask you. don’t read oo.
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Please can I change my photograph after registratio
When is data correction coming out for GCE
please upload the timetable
Comment Text*please with humility sir/ma ,the result we be out when?
Please when is 2018GCE
Can someone still register now at what amount and were to register directly.
Comment Text*when will the gce result for d second series b out
Pls whn exactly is d exams goin 2 take place?Thank u
I need help
Hello, i want a private GCE for my juniour brother pls how can i make this and hope its still available ?
Please, is it possible to retrieve a pin lost on transit before the registration? I lost the pin/form given to me at the bank after paying for it and am yet to do the registration.
i have paid for the registration in the bank but, the portal for Biometric registration is not going
come lemme assist you
after getting the pin from bank ;wat is the next step
go to any computer centre for registration
pls buy pin on line and up till now have not send the pin to me
You then go to registration center, to register with given pin, on completion, you receive the photocard which you’ll present on the exam day
Pls when is the deadline for gce 2018 registration
July 27th
But Which months are they released the result cos we have to start screening Soon early
I have registered successfully
Which bank did you buy yours?
How did you do it pls
have you been given the photocard?